Shredded Coconut Snowball

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Shredded Coconut Snowball scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Modified Fats (Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed, Soybean)): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Artificial Colors (Certified Food Colors Including Fd&C Yellow 5 & 6, Blue 1, Red 40 And/Or Red 3): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Processed Fruit Products (Dark Chocolate Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Other Additives (Sodium Metabisulphite): 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 Shredded Coconut Snowball'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: Sugar, Milk Chocolate Contains Sugar, Milk, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Soya Lecithin [An Emulsifier]. And Vanillin [An Artificial Flavoring], Invert Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.