Shtix Milk Chocolate Sticks

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Artificial Flavor (Vanillin)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Button Shaped Chocolate Candies [Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Chocolate Liquor, Nonfat Dry Milk, Milk Fat, Soy/Rapeseed Lecithin & Pgpr (Emulsifiers), Artificial Flavor (Vanillin )), Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Colors Added, Gum Arabic, Carnauba Wax]): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Powder): 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 Shtix Milk Chocolate Sticks' 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.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oils & Fats (Palm Oil, Palm Fat), Soy/Rapeseed Lecithin & Pgpr.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.