Salted chocolates, from least to most processed

We track 24 salted chocolates, 83% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Crystal Sea Salt Dark Chocolate.

What makes salted chocolates ultra-processed

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

Processed food (4)

  1. 1 Organic Crystal Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Thrive Market · 2.8 oz NOVA group 3
  2. 2 38% Sea Salt Milk Chocolate Theobroma · 80 g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 70% Cacao Salted Almonds Organic Dark Chocolate Alter Eco · 80 g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 KETO 85% Cacao Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Sea Salt Snaps Chocxo · 14.8 oz (420 g) NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (20)

  1. 5 Sea Salt Fleur De Sel Dark Chocolate GALERIE au chocolat · 100 g NOVA group 4
  2. 6 Dark chocolate with pink Himalayan salt Divine · 100 g NOVA group 4
  3. 7 Coconut clusters in dark chocolate pumpkin + sunflower +quinoa Simply Nature · 284 g NOVA group 4
  4. 8 Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Lindt EXCELLENCE · 100 g NOVA group 4
  5. 9 37% Cacao Sea Salt Milk Chocolate Green & Black's · 90 g NOVA group 4
  6. 10 Lime & Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Montezuma's NOVA group 4
  7. 11 A touch of milk, hasselnöt & havssalt Garant · 100 g NOVA group 4
  8. 12 Giant Caramel & Sea Salt Choc Buttons Nomo · 110g NOVA group 4
  9. 13 Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Moser Roth NOVA group 4
  10. 14 Lindt Excellence A Touch of Sea Salt Dark Lindt Sprungli Sas · 100 g NOVA group 4
  11. 15 Dark chocolate with sea salt Morrisons the Best NOVA group 4
  12. 16 Himalayan salt Heidi · 80 g NOVA group 4
  13. 17 Smooth dark chocolate with Pink Himalayan Salt 60% cocoa Divine · 90 g NOVA group 4
  14. 18 38% Milk Chocolate with Toffee & Sea Salt Divine · 100 g e NOVA group 4
  15. 19 Caramel & Sea salt Milk Chocolate Aldi · 100 g NOVA group 4
  16. 20 Lindt Excellence Cranberry 100g Lindt & Sprüngli (Nordic Nuf ) NOVA group 4
  17. 21 milk chocolate with caramel pieces and sea salt Tony's Chocolonely · 180 g NOVA group 4
  18. 22 Salted caramel chocolate Tesco NOVA group 4
  19. 23 Milk chocolate caramel seasalt Fin Carré way to go · 180 g NOVA group 4
  20. 24 Tablets salted caramel Guylian · 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.