Unreal, Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Peanuts

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Unreal, Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Peanuts scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Gum Arabic): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla Extract): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Other Additives (Carnauba Wax & Beeswax): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Candy, this is among the less processed of the 21,778 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 Unreal, Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Peanuts' 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: Milk Chocolate (Cacao*, Organic Milk Powder, Cane Sugar,* Cocoa Butter,* Organic Blue Agave Inulin, Organic Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla), Cane Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Carbonate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Colored With With (Red Cabbage Juice, Beetroot Juice, Carrot Juice, Hibiscus Juice, Annatto Extract, Turmeric Extract).

Natural sources but still indicate processing.