Peanut butter cups, from least to most processed

We track 13 peanut butter cups, 62% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Reese's Miniature Cups.

What makes peanut butter cups ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of peanut butter cups that contain each:

Processed food (5)

  1. 1 Reese's Miniature Cups Reese's · 10.5 oz NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Mixed Nut Butter with Seeds Kirkland Signature · 1.68 lb NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Peanut butter buttons Peanut butter buttons · 20g, 7 buttons NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Peanut butter caramel cups NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Chocolate organic dark chocolate peanut butter cups Theo NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (8)

  1. 6 Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Pip & Nut · 34g NOVA group 4
  2. 7 dark chocolate peanut butter cups Unreal · 4.2 oz NOVA group 4
  3. 8 Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Justins · 1.4 oz NOVA group 4
  4. 9 Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Skinny Dipped · 1 cup NOVA group 4
  5. 10 Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Pip & Nut · 31g (2x servings) NOVA group 4
  6. 11 Rosemary Trader Joe's · 22g NOVA group 4
  7. 12 Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Chi eye · 340 g NOVA group 4
  8. 13 Reese's 2 Peanut Butter Cups Reese's · 42g 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.