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Is Co-op 45% Cocoa Dark Milk Chocolate ultra-processed?

100 g Dark chocolate bar Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Co-op 45% Cocoa Dark Milk 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:

  • 7 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dark chocolate bar

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

Cane Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Flavouring, Milk 20%, Cocoa solids 45%

As written on the pack

Cane Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Flavouring. Milk solids 20% minimum. Cocoa solids 45% minimum.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 56 dark chocolate bar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 55% of the dark chocolate bar 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 56 dark chocolate bar, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000129359770, last edited 27 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.