Is Green & Black’s Green & Black'S Organic Chocolate Drink ultra-processed?

300 g e Instant chocolate powders Sold in the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E322 Lecithins

20 ingredients
4 additives

Less processed instant chocolate powders

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) (Sugar #, Tapioca Starch # (processing marker)), Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder # 31% (Cocoa Powder #, Potassium Carbonate), Dark Chocolate # 11% (Cocoa Mass #, Raw Cane Sugar # (processing marker), Cocoa Butter # (processing marker), Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Vanilla Extract #, Minimum Cocoa Solids 60%), # = Certified Organiccocoa, Sugar (processing marker), Vanilla (Traded In Compliance With Fairtrade Standards), Total 96%, Visit Www.Info.Fairtrade.Netmay Contain Nuts, Milk

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

Sugar # (Sugar #, Tapioca Starch #), Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder # (31%) (Cocoa Powder #, Acidity Regulator (Potassium Carbonate)), Dark Chocolate # (11%) (Cocoa Mass #, Raw Cane Sugar #, Cocoa Butter #, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Vanilla Extract #. Minimum Cocoa Solids 60%).# = Certified Organiccocoa, Sugar, Vanilla: Traded In Compliance With Fairtrade Standards, Total 96%. Visit Www.Info.Fairtrade.Netmay Contain Nuts, Milk.

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.

5 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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 51 instant chocolate powders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 88% of the instant chocolate powders 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 51 instant chocolate powders, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210313218, last edited 13 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.