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Is Chocxo Simply Better Chocolate ultra-processed?

Dark chocolates Sold in the United States

Pack of Chocxo Simply Better Chocolate

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed dark chocolates

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

dark chocolate (cocoa mass, cane sugar, low-fat cocoa powder, cocoa butter, vanilla extract), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, soy lecithin, ganic vanilla), coconut butter, macaroon coconut, coconut, contains (coconut), milk, soy, produced on equipment that also processses (peanuts, other tree nuts)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

organic dark chocolate (organic cocoa mass, organic cane sugar, organic low-fat cocoa powder, organic cocoa butter, organic vanilla extract), organic white chocolate (organic sugar, organic cocoa butter, organic whole milk powder, organic soy lecithin, ganic vanilla), organic coconut butter concentrate, organic macaroon coconut, organic coconut. contains: coconut, milk, soy. produced on equipment that also processses: peanuts and other tree nuts.

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.
6 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.

  • Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
  • Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 400 dark chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 208th. 69% of the dark chocolates here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 400 dark chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0068116105651, last edited 3 January 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.