Is Ghirardelli Premium chocolate sauce ultra-processed?

16 oz Chocolate sauce Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Sugar

6 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed dessert sauces

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

sugar (processing marker), water inver sugar, cocoa powder, extracts of oregano flaxseed, plum (to preserve freshness)

As written on the pack

SUGAR, WATER INVER SUGAR. COCOA POWDER, EXTRACTS OF OREGANO FLAXSEED AND PLUM (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE VANILLA EXTRACT SALT SOY LECITHIN MAY CONTAIN MILK.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 chocolate sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 75% of the chocolate sauce 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 16 chocolate sauce, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0747599619021, last edited 22 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.