Chocolate Filled Bites, Chocolate

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Other Additives (Monoglycerides): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this product is more processed than about 38% of the 14,928 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 Chocolate Filled Bites, Chocolate'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: Chocolate Creme Filling (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Sugar, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Food Starch-Modified, Vegetable Shortening [Palm Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60]Soybean Oil, Salt, Preservatives [Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate], Natural And Artificial Flavors, Phosphoric Acid, Titanium Dioxide [Color], Yellow 5, Yellow 6), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Canola Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Palm Oil, Soybean Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.