Is Green & Black's Maya Gold Dark Chocolate 60% ultra-processed?

Dark chocolates Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier

55 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

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

Cocoa mass #, cane sugar # cocoa butter #, emulsifier (soya lecithins #), Natural orange cinnamon flavouring with other natural flavourings, vanilla extract #, #, May contain nuts, milk, organic chocolate (minimum cocoa solids 60%), mörk choklad, mørk chokolade med apelsin, och kryddaromer, krydderiaromaer, Ingredienser (Kakaomassa #), rörsocker (processing marker), rørsukker #, kakaosmór #, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker), emulgator (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitiner #), naturlig apelsin-och kanelarom med andra naturliga aromer, aromaer, vaniljextrakt, vaniljeekstrakt #, #, certifierat, okologisk certificeret, Kan innehälla nötter, mjölk, nedder og mælk, mork choklad, økologisk mørk chokolade innehaller minst 60 % kakao, KAKAOTØRSTOF Tumma luomusuklaa, jossa appelslini, ja maustearomeja, Ainekset Kaakaomassa #, ruokosokeri # kaakaovoi# emulgointiaine (soljalesitiinit #), luontainen appelsiini, ja kaneliaromi, sekä muita luontaisia aromeja, vaniljauute # #, luomu, sertifioitu, Saattaa sisältää pähkinöitä ja maitoa, tumma luomusuklaa vahintaan 60 % kaakaota, Cocoa, Sugar Vanilla traded in compliance with Fairtrade Standards, total 99%, Visit www, info, fairtrade net

As written on the pack

Cocoa mass #, cane sugar # cocoa butter #, emulsifier (soya lecithins #), Natural orange cinnamon flavouring with other natural flavourings, vanilla extract #, #,Certified Organic, May contain nuts, milk, ORGANIC CHOCOLATE: MINIMUM COCOA SOLIDS 60%,/ Ekologisk mörk choklad/ekologisk mørk chokolade med apelsin - och kryddaromer/krydderiaromaer, Ingredienser: Kakaomassa #, rörsocker/rørsukker #, kakaosmór #, emulgeringsmedel/emulgator (sojalecitiner #), naturlig apelsin-och kanelarom med andra naturliga aromer/aromaer, vaniljextrakt/vaniljeekstrakt #, #, ekologiskt certifierat /okologisk certificeret, Kan innehälla nötter och mjölk/ nedder og mælk, EKOLOGISK MORK CHOKLAD/ØKOLOGISK MØRK CHOKOLADE INNEHALLER MINST 60 % KAKAO/KAKAOTØRSTOF Tumma luomusuklaa, jossa appelslini - ja maustearomeja, Ainekset Kaakaomassa #, ruokosokeri # kaakaovoi# emulgointiaine (soljalesitiinit #), luontainen appelsiini - ja kaneliaromi, sekä muita luontaisia aromeja, vaniljauute # #, luomu - sertifioitu, Saattaa sisältää pähkinöitä ja maitoa, TUMMA LUOMUSUKLAA VAHINTAAN 60 % KAAKAOTA, Cocoa, Sugar Vanilla traded in compliance with Fairtrade Standards, total 99 %, Visit www,info,fairtrade net

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.

Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 400 dark chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 165th. 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 7622210584830, last edited 11 June 2025), 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.