Milk Chocolate Cherries

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Milk Chocolate Cherries scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Colors (Artificial Color (Medium Chain Triglycerides, Red 40 Lake, Blue 1 Lake)): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor (With Soybean Oil)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Other Additives (Confectioner'S Glaze): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Milk Chocolate Cherries' 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, Chocolate Liquor, Milk, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla), Coating (Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Whey [Milk], Nonfat Milk, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Water, Gum Acacia, Dextrin, Food Starch-Modified, Coconut Oil, Citric Acid, Sorbic Acid), Dried Cherries (Cherries, Sugar, Citric Acid, Fruit And Vegetable Concentrates [Cherry, Blueberry, Carrot]For Color, Sunflower Oil), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.