Is Brookside Açai & Blueberry Flavors Dark Chocolate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 31 ingredients
- 9 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Dark chocolate (sugar (processing marker), chocolate, cocoa butter, milk fat, cocoa processed with alkali, lecithin (ultra-processing marker), milk, salt (processing marker), natural vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), deionized apple juice concentrate, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), pomegranate juice, pectin (ultra-processing marker), malic acid, apple juice, raspberry juice, blueberry juice, canola oil, acai, cranberry, lemon juice concentrate, baking soda, ascorbic acid, sodium citrate, citric acid, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), confectioner's glaze
Additives: E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Dark chocolate [sugar; chocolate; cocoa butter; milk fat; cocoa processed with alkali; lecithin (soy); milk; salt; natural vanilla flavor]; sugar; corn syrup; maltodextrin; deionized apple juice concentrate; natural flavor; pomegranate juice concentrate; pectin; malic acid; apple juice concentrate; raspberry juice concentrate; blueberry juice concentrate; canola oil; acai puree concentrate; cranberry juice concentrate; lemon juice concentrate; baking soda; ascorbic acid; sodium citrate; citric acid; dextrose; confectioner's glaze.
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
Among 400 dark chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 397th. 69% of the dark chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0068437389716, last edited 9 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.