Chocolate Covered Amarena Cherries

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chocolate Covered Amarena Cherries scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Fruit Products (Unsweetened Chocolate): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Vanilla Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Nuts & Seeds, this product is more processed than about 84% of the 20,883 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 Covered Amarena Cherries' 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: Dark Chocolate [Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Anhydrous Milk Fat, Sunflower Lecithin (Emulsifier), Natural Vanilla Flavor], Milk Chocolate [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Unsweetened Chocolate, Lactose, Sunflower Lecithin (Emulsifier), Natural Vanilla Flavor], Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Syrup [Sugar, Wheat Glucose Syrup, Water, Condensed Cherry Juice, Wheat Sorbitol Syrup (Stabilizer), Natural Flavor, Citric Acid (Acid)], Amerena Candied Cherries [Cherries, Sugar, Wheat And/Or Maize Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Cherry Juice, Grape Skin Extract (Coloring), Wheat Dextrose, Citric Acid (Contains Wheat)(Acidity Regulator), Artificial Flavor].

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.