Premium Fruit & Nuts, Velvet Dark Chocolate

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Premium Fruit & Nuts, Velvet Dark Chocolate scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Processed Fruit Products (Natural Chocolate Blend (Cocoa Powder, Natural Flavor)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.

Within Nuts & Seeds, this product is more processed than about 84% of the 20,883 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 Premium Fruit & Nuts, Velvet Dark 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: Dark Chocolate Covered Bananas (Dark Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin (As An Emulsifier), Vanilla), Banana (Dehydrated Bananas, Banana Flour), Dextrin, Confectioners Glaze), Dehydrated Sweetened Papaya (Papaya, Sugar, Citric Acid, Sulfur Dioxide, Fd&C Yellow 5, Fd&C Yellow 6), Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Dehydrated Sweetened Mango (Mango, Sugar, Citric Acid, Sulphur Dioxide, Fd&C Yellow 6 And Fd&C Yellow 5).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Cottonseed Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.