Demet's, Turtles, Caramel Nut Cluster Chocolate Collection

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Demet's, Turtles, Caramel Nut Cluster Chocolate Collection scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Beetroot Juice Concentrate (Natural Color, Citric Acid)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Sodium Caseinate): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.

Within Chocolate, this product is more processed than about 67% 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 Demet's, Turtles, Caramel Nut Cluster Chocolate Collection'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: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Nonfat Milk, Butteroil, Lactose, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Vanillin Salt), Bittersweet Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor [Processed With Alkali], Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Butteroil, Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Vanilla), White Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Butteroil, Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Salt, And Natural Vanilla Flavor), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.