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Is Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Mint ultra-processed?

Chocolate candies Sold in the United States

Pack of Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Mint

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate candies

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

s unit not labeled for retail sale, redients (sugar), chocolate, beet syrup, palm ioca syrup, cocoa butter, milk fat, corn syrup, water, soy lec racts of oregano, flaxseed, plum, and green tea (to pres ness), peppermint oil, vani contain milk, tree nuts, buted by ghirardelli chocolate company, leandro, ca 94578 usa ©2019 gcc #102498 ract, agar, 4, 47599 41002

Additives: E406 Agar

As written on the pack

s unit not labeled for retail sale, redients: sugar, unsweetened chocolate, beet syrup, palm ioca syrup, cocoa butter, milk fat, corn syrup, water, soy lec racts of oregano, flaxseed, plum, and green tea (to pres ness), peppermint oil, vani contain milk and tree nuts, buted by ghirardelli chocolate company, leandro, ca 94578 usa ©2019 gcc #102498 ract, agar, 4, 47599 41002

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.

  • E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
2 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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 773 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 91% of the chocolate candies 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 773 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0747599410024, last edited 15 April 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.