Dark chocolate bar with less than 70% cocoa, from least to most processed

We track 8 dark chocolate bar with less than 70% cocoa, 75% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Vanilla Dark Taza Chocolate.

What makes dark chocolate bar with less than 70% cocoa ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of dark chocolate bar with less than 70% cocoa that contain each:

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 Vanilla Dark Taza Chocolate Taza Chocolate · 2.7 oz (77 g) NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Ekologisk mörk choklad ICA · 100g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 3 Dark Chocolate - Peru Lidl · 100 g NOVA group 4
  2. 4 Mörk bakchoklad Fazer · 200 g NOVA group 4
  3. 5 Dark Chocolate Almond Sea Salt Tony's Chocolonely · 47 g NOVA group 4
  4. 6 Vegan Classic Moser Roth · 100 g NOVA group 4
  5. 7 Lindt Excellence Roasted Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Lindt · 3.5 oz (100 g) NOVA group 4
  6. 8 New Zealand Black Plum and Roasted Almonds in Dark Chocolate Whittaker's · 100 g NOVA group 4

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.