Godiva Chocolatier, Assorted Dessert Layered Truffles

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Godiva Chocolatier, Assorted Dessert Layered Truffles scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Artificial Flavors (Vanilla An Artificial Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Sugar Alcohols (Sorbitol): Modified sweeteners common in diet UPF products.
• Processed Fruit Products (Unsweetened Chocolate, Unsweetened Chocolate (Processed With Alkali), Breakfast Cocoa): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers 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 Godiva Chocolatier, Assorted Dessert Layered Truffles' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Natural FlavorsUPF marker

In this product: Natural Flavor, Natural Flavoring.

Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Skim Milk, Milk, Butteroil, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Natural Flavor). Bittersweet Chocolate (Unsweetened Chocolate (Processed With Alkali). Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Butteroil, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Natural Flavor, Milk), Sugar, Molasses, Invert 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.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Tocopherols.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.