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Salted dark chocolates, from least to most processed

We track 15 salted dark chocolates, 80% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Crystal Sea Salt Dark Chocolate.

What makes salted dark chocolates ultra-processed

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

Processed food (3)

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

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 4 Sea Salt Fleur De Sel Dark Chocolate GALERIE au chocolat · 100 g 4
  2. 5 Dark chocolate with pink Himalayan salt Divine · 100 g 4
  3. 6 Coconut clusters in dark chocolate pumpkin + sunflower +quinoa Simply Nature · 284 g 4
  4. 7 Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Lindt EXCELLENCE · 100 g 4
  5. 8 Lime & Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Montezuma's 4
  6. 9 A touch of milk, hasselnöt & havssalt Garant · 100 g 4
  7. 10 Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Moser Roth 4
  8. 11 Lindt Excellence A Touch of Sea Salt Dark Lindt Sprungli Sas · 100 g 4
  9. 12 Dark chocolate with sea salt Morrisons the Best 4
  10. 13 Himalayan salt Heidi · 80 g 4
  11. 14 Smooth dark chocolate with Pink Himalayan Salt 60% cocoa Divine · 90 g 4
  12. 15 Lindt Excellence Cranberry 100g Lindt & Sprüngli (Nordic Nuf ) 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.