Is Lily's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Style Baking Chips ultra-processed?

9 oz 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:

Vegetable fiber
E322 Lecithins
E968 Erythritol

8 ingredients
3 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cocoa, inulin (ultra-processing marker), erythritol (ultra-processing marker), milk fat, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), stevia extract, vanilla extract

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E968 Erythritol

As written on the pack

unsweetened cocoa, inulin, erythritol*, milk fat (rbst free), cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, stevia extract, vanilla extract,

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.
E968 Erythritol Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0856481003890, last edited 6 May 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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The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.