Dark Chocolate Pieces

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Gum Arabic): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Other Additives (Carnauba Wax): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Nuts & Seeds, this product is more processed than about 66% 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 Dark Chocolate Pieces' 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 (Fair Trade Certified Unsweetened Chocolate, Fair Trade Certified Sugar, Fair Trade Certified Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Fair Trade Certified Natural Vanilla Extract), Sugar, Dried Cane Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Coloring (Includes Spirulina Extract, Turmeric Oleoresin).

Natural sources but still indicate processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Sea Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.