Nut Lover's Snack Size Assortment Chocolates

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Nut Lover's Snack Size Assortment Chocolates scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Tbhq): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate, Of: Cocoa Processed With Alkali; Lecithin (Soy); Salt; Natural Flavor): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant 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 Nut Lover's Snack Size Assortment Chocolates' 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: Reese'S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups - Milk Chocolate [Sugar; Cocoa Butter; Chocolate; Skim Milk; Milk Fat; Lactose; Lecithin (Soy); Pgpr], Sugar, Dextrose, Hershey'S Milk Chocolate With Almonds - Milk Chocolate [Sugar; Milk; Chocolate; Cocoa Butter; Milk Fat; Lecithin (Soy); Pgpr; Natural Flavor], and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sunflower Oil, Vegetable Oil [Palm Oil; Shea Oil; Sunflower Oil; Palm Kernel Oil; And/Or Safflower Oil].

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.