Dark Chocolate with Orange Peel Bar

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

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

• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate, Natural Vanilla Flavoring. Cocoa Solids 50% Minimum): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Chocolate, this product is more processed than about 33% of the 9,618 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 with Orange Peel Bar'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: Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Candied Orange Peel (Orange Peel, Sucrose, Dextrose, Citric Acid (Acidity Regulator), Sulphur Dioxide (Preservative)).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.