Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Thins

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Thins scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

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

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 17% of the 18,630 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 Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Thins' 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 Semisweet Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor [Processed With Alkali], Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Vanilla), Brown Sugar, Sugar, Peppermint Flavored Pieces (Sugar, Rice Flour, Rice Syrup, Palm Oil, Beet Juice [Color], Peppermint Oil, Turmeric [Color]).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.