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Dark chocolate bar, from least to most processed

We track 56 dark chocolate bar, 55% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Single Origin - Intense Dark Cacao.

What makes dark chocolate bar ultra-processed

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

Processed food (25)

  1. 1 Single Origin - Intense Dark Cacao Marks & Spencer · 100g 3
  2. 2 Dark Chocolate Waitrose & Partners · 100g 3
  3. 3 Waitrose No1 Dark Chocolate Waitrose · 100g 3
  4. 4 Dark 85% Raw Halo · 2 x 35 g 3
  5. 5 Simple Dark Chocolate Hu · 60g 3
  6. 6 Organic Dark Chocolate Bar The Value · 3.51 oz 3
  7. 7 70% Ecuador organic dark chocolate Alter Eco 3
  8. 8 Fitzroy Montezuma · 25g 3
  9. 9 Organic Mint 70% Dark Chocolate Theo · 3 oz 3
  10. 10 Madagascan Dark Chocolate Asda Extra Special · 100 g 3
  11. 11 Alter Eco 85% Peru Dark Chocolate Alter Eco · 100 g 3
  12. 12 Sea Salt Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao Simple Truth Organic 3
  13. 13 Almond Butter + Puffed Quinoa Dark Chocolate Hu · 2.1 oz 3
  14. 14 Dark milk chocolate with blood orange Marks & Spencer · 100g 3
  15. 15 Nut Butter Filled Cashew Butter + Pure Vanilla Bean Dark Chocolate Hu · 60g 3
  16. 16 Cashew Butter Nut Butter Filled Dark Chocolate Hu · 2.1 oz 3
  17. 17 Ugandan Dark Chocolate Exceptional by ASDA · 100 g 3
  18. 18 Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa Moser Roth · 125 g 3
  19. 19 Almond Dark Chocolate Bar Alter Eco · 100g 3
  20. 20 Organic Dark Chocolate Belgian Thins Kirkland · 500g 3
  21. 21 Flirt Superfood Dark Chocolate with Raspberry and Cherry Zazubean · 85 g 3
  22. 22 90% Dark Chocolate Bettergoods · 3.5 g 3
  23. 23 Dark Salted Caramel chocolate bar Bennetto · 80g 3
  24. 24 KETO 85% Cacao Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Sea Salt Snaps Chocxo · 14.8 oz (420 g) 3
  25. 25 Dark Chocolate with a Salted Caramel Soft Centre Enjoy! · 70g 3

Ultra-processed food (31)

  1. 26 Caramel with a Touch of Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Lindt Excellence · 100g 4
  2. 27 Dark Chocolate TESCO finest · 100g 4
  3. 28 Tesco Finest Ecuador Dark Chocolate Tesco Finest · 100g 4
  4. 29 45% Cocoa Dark Milk Chocolate Co-op · 100 g 4
  5. 30 Mörk Block Axfood · 200 g 4
  6. 31 Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Moser Roth · 5 x 25 g 4
  7. 32 Choceur Dark Hazelnut Choceur · 200g 4
  8. 33 Dark Chocolate Bar Lindt · 300 g 4
  9. 34 Peruvian Dark Milk Chocolate Sainsbury's · 100 4
  10. 35 88% Cocoa Extreme Dark Chocolate Endangered Species Chocolate · 85 g 4
  11. 36 Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Lindt EXCELLENCE · 100 g 4
  12. 37 Dark Chocolate Choceur · 150 g 4
  13. 38 Dark chocolate bar World’s Finest Chocolate 4
  14. 39 Smooth Green & Black's · 90g 4
  15. 40 Green & Blacks Smooth Mint Green & Blacks · 90g 4
  16. 41 Batons 70% Dark Hotel Chocolat · 120g 15 batons 4
  17. 42 Cocobar Chocolate Coconama · 100 g 4
  18. 43 Dark Chocolate Chips Waitrose & Partners 4
  19. 44 Excellence 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate Lindt · 3.5 oz (100 g) 4
  20. 45 dark chocolate Lidl · 100 g 4
  21. 46 Tony Chocolate Dark Hazelnut Tony's Chocolonely 4
  22. 47 Crunchy Waffle Dark Chocolate Lindtt 4
  23. 48 Dark Chocolate with Raspberries Coop · 100 g 4
  24. 49 the Best 52 cocoa mint dark chocolate Morrisons 4
  25. 50 Dark Chocolate Fin Carre 4
  26. 51 Dark Chocolate Cadbury 4
  27. 52 Lindt Excellence Roasted Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Lindt · 3.5 oz (100 g) 4
  28. 53 Simply Dark Chocolate Lidl · 100 g 4
  29. 54 Vegan smooth chocolate Lindt · 100 g 4
  30. 55 Fruit & Crunch Choc Bar Nomo · 32 g 4
  31. 56 lindt Lindt & Sprüngli · 100g 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.