Dark Chocolate Chips & Nibs

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Dark Chocolate Chips & Nibs scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Fruit Products (Guittard Dark Cocoa, Guittard Cocoa Rouge, Guittard Cocoa Nibs): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (R.R. Lochhead Vanilla): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this is among the less processed of the 14,928 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 Dark Chocolate Chips & Nibs' 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: Cane Sugar, Guittard Musique Foncee [Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla Beans], Guittard Bittersweet Chocolate [Cocoa, Cane Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla].

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Kosher Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.