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Is Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate ultra-processed?

3.5 oz (100 g) Dark chocolate bar with more than 70% cocoa Sold in the United States and Bolivia

Pack of Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate

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:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dark chocolate bar with more than 70% cocoa

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

chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (emulsifier), bourbon vanilla beans, Cocoa solids 70%

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

CHOCOLATE, SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), BOURBON VANILLA BEANS. Cocoa solids 70% Min.

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.
  • 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 29 dark chocolate bar with more than 70% cocoa

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 45% of the dark chocolate bar with more than 70% cocoa 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 29 dark chocolate bar with more than 70% cocoa, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0037466017631, last edited 18 June 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.