Chocolate Chip Do Bites, Chocolate Chip

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chocolate Chip Do Bites, Chocolate Chip scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Alginate): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Crusts & Dough, this product is more processed than about 41% of the 2,350 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Chocolate Chip Do Bites, Chocolate Chip's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Chocolate (Sugar, Natural Chocolate Liquor (Non-Alcoholic), Non-Dairy Cocoa Butter), Brown Sugar, Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegan Butter (Vegetable Oil Blend (Palm Fruit, Canola And Olive Oils), Water, Salt, Contains Less Than 2% Of Natural Flavor, Sunflower Lecithin, Lactic Acid (To Preserve Freshness), And Annatto Extract (Color)).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Egg Replacer (Potato Starch, Tapioca Flour, Leavening (Calcium Lactate, Calcium Carbonate, Cream Of Tartar), Cellulose Gum, Modified Cellulose).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.