Chocolate candies, from least to most processed

We track 773 chocolate candies, 91% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Pink himalayan salt caramel bar.

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What makes chocolate candies ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of chocolate candies that contain each:

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 1 Pink himalayan salt caramel bar Vosges · 3 oz NOVA group 2

Processed food (71)

  1. 2 Cacao unsweetened chocolate premium baking bar Ghirardelli · 4 oz NOVA group 3
  2. 3 Dark chocolate Baker’s · 4 oz NOVA group 3
  3. 4 CAD Dream bar 50g Cadbury · 50 g NOVA group 3
  4. 5 Mandel smör EKO Superfruit foods NOVA group 3
  5. 6 70% Peruvian Cacao Dark Chocolate Bar Trader Joe's NOVA group 3
  6. 7 Reese's Miniature Cups Reese's · 10.5 oz NOVA group 3
  7. 8 dark chocolate caramel peanut nougat bar Unreal NOVA group 3
  8. 9 Wicked Dark Organic Dark Chocolate Taza Chocolate · 2.5 oz NOVA group 3
  9. 10 Dark Chocolate Waitrose & Partners · 100g NOVA group 3
  10. 11 100% Real Chocolate Morsels Enjoy Life · 9 oz (255g) NOVA group 3
  11. 12 Dark Chocolate Gems Hu NOVA group 3
  12. 13 Gems - Baking Chocolate Hu · 9 oz NOVA group 3
  13. 14 Mini Snickers Snickers · 18g NOVA group 3
  14. 15 Creamy Coconut Dark Chocolate Bites Hu NOVA group 3
  15. 16 Chef’s Drops 72% Rio Caribe Dark Chocolate Willies Cacao NOVA group 3
  16. 17 Vanilla Dark Taza Chocolate Taza Chocolate · 2.7 oz (77 g) NOVA group 3
  17. 18 Extra Dark Chocolate Guittard NOVA group 3
  18. 19 pure dark 85% dark chocolate Theo · 1 NOVA group 3
  19. 20 Classic Blackout Alter Eco · 2.82 oz NOVA group 3
  20. 21 Cacao Crunch Organic Dark Chocolate Taza Chocolate · 2.5 oz NOVA group 3
  21. 22 Dark Super Blackout Organic Chocolate Alter Eco · 2.65 oz NOVA group 3
  22. 23 Milky Way Crispy Rolls Milky Way · 22.5g NOVA group 3
  23. 24 Organic Mint 70% Dark Chocolate Theo · 3 oz NOVA group 3
  24. 25 Dark Chocolate Lindt · 3.5 OZ (100g) NOVA group 3
  25. 26 Milk Chocolate Feastables · 2.1 oz NOVA group 3
  26. 27 Dark Chocolate Bar with Almonds Trader Joe's · 3.51 oz (100g) NOVA group 3
  27. 28 Velvety & intense dark chocolate Deliciously Ella NOVA group 3
  28. 29 Organic sea salt 70% dark chocolate Theo · 3 oz NOVA group 3
  29. 30 Semisweet Chocolate Baking Chips Guittard · 12 oz NOVA group 3
  30. 31 Cadbury mega buttons Cadbury NOVA group 3
  31. 32 Organic Dark Chocolate Fig Truffles That's It. NOVA group 3
  32. 33 Theo, dark chocolate, orange Theo NOVA group 3
  33. 34 peanut butter cups Super Nature · 34g NOVA group 3
  34. 35 Organic salted almond dark chocolate Theo NOVA group 3
  35. 36 Almond Butter + Puffed Quinoa Dark Chocolate Hu · 2.1 oz NOVA group 3
  36. 37 Organic milk chocolate bar Whole Foods (365) · 3 oz NOVA group 3
  37. 38 Mixed Nut Butter with Seeds Kirkland Signature · 1.68 lb NOVA group 3
  38. 39 Dark milk chocolate with blood orange Marks & Spencer · 100g NOVA group 3
  39. 40 Cashew Butter Nut Butter Filled Dark Chocolate Hu · 2.1 oz NOVA group 3
  40. 41 lemon bar Larabar NOVA group 3

Showing the first 40 of 71. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (701)

  1. 73 Dark & Salted Caramel Vegan Chocolate Raw Halo · 7ชิ้น NOVA group 4
  2. 74 Date Bites Peanut & Cocoa Alesto · 100 g NOVA group 4
  3. 75 Naked raw fruit nut bar Nakd NOVA group 4
  4. 76 Sea Salt Fleur De Sel Dark Chocolate GALERIE au chocolat · 100 g NOVA group 4
  5. 77 Belgian Dark Chocolate with Hazelnuts Waitrose NOVA group 4
  6. 78 Dark Chocolate Morsels Nestlé TOLL HOUSE NOVA group 4
  7. 79 Hazelnut praline swiss dark chocolate Rhythm 108 NOVA group 4
  8. 80 El almendro, turron almond crocanti with chocolate El Almendro NOVA group 4
  9. 81 Booja-Booja Vegan Chocolate Truffles Booja-Booja · 184g NOVA group 4
  10. 82 Moreno espresso Aldi · 200g NOVA group 4
  11. 83 Nougatti Côte d'Or NOVA group 4
  12. 84 Semi-Sweet Mini Morsels Nestle · 10 oz NOVA group 4
  13. 85 Choc Chip Muffin The Protein Ball Co. · 45 g NOVA group 4
  14. 86 Milk chocolate bar Lindt & Sprungli (Schweiz) Ag · 38 g NOVA group 4
  15. 87 Dipped Peanuts Reese's NOVA group 4
  16. 88 Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Moser Roth · 5 x 25 g NOVA group 4
  17. 89 pomegranate Turkish delight Specially Selected · 300g NOVA group 4
  18. 90 Chocolate Chip Oat Bar Freee · 35g NOVA group 4
  19. 91 Filled Milk Chocolate With A Milky Filling Kinder · 8 x 12,5 g NOVA group 4
  20. 92 Treatsize Wispa Cadbury · 7 x 550 g NOVA group 4
  21. 93 Chocolate Kinder · 150 g NOVA group 4
  22. 94 Dark Chocolate Mint Ghirardelli NOVA group 4
  23. 95 Mr Beast Bar- Original Chocolate Mrbeast NOVA group 4
  24. 96 Dark Belgian Chocolate Bouchard · 30grams NOVA group 4
  25. 97 Intense Dark 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate Ghirardelli · 100g NOVA group 4
  26. 98 Tony’s Chocolonely 70% Dark Chocolate Bar Tony's Chocolonely · 180g NOVA group 4
  27. 99 Strong Dark Chocolate Chocolove NOVA group 4
  28. 100 Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Mr Beast Feastables · 21 oz NOVA group 4
  29. 101 Extreme Dark Chocolate 88% Creative Natural Products Inc. NOVA group 4
  30. 102 Dark Chocolate Bar Lindt · 300 g NOVA group 4
  31. 103 Dark Chocolate with Whole Hazelnuts Ritter Sport · 3.5 oz NOVA group 4
  32. 104 Dark Chocolate (Chimpanzee) Endangered Species Chocolate · 85 g NOVA group 4
  33. 105 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Ghirardelli · 4 oz NOVA group 4
  34. 106 33% Milk Chocolate Chocolove NOVA group 4
  35. 107 Dark Chocolate Thins with Roasted Cocoa Nibs & Sea Salt Trader Joe's · 96 g NOVA group 4
  36. 108 Creamy. Truffle mini eggs Galaxy NOVA group 4
  37. 109 Mr Beast Bar Milk Chocolate Mr Beast Feastables NOVA group 4
  38. 110 Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Lindt EXCELLENCE · 100 g NOVA group 4
  39. 111 Hazelnut Praline Nougat Storz · 75 g NOVA group 4
  40. 112 Raspberries in Dark Chocolate Chocolove NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 701. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.