Chocolate Covered Fruit

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Colors (Artificial Color (Medium Chain Triglycerides, Caramine, Red 40 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Soy Lecithin)): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Flavor (With Soybean Oil)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Other Additives (Confectioner'S Glaze): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Fruit'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: Coating (Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Whey [Milk], Nonfat Milk, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla, Water, Gum Acacia Dextrin, Food Starch-Modified, Coconut Oil, Citric Acid, Sorbic Acid, Artificial Color [Titanium Dioxide], Natural And Artificial Flavor), Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Milk, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Dried Fruit (Raspberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, Sugar, Rice Flour, Sunflower Oil, Ascorbic Acid), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.