Is M&S Food Dark Chocolate Date Bar ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 8 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed sweet snacks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Date Paste 67%, Dark Chocolate 30% (Cocoa Mass, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter), Coconut Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), May contain fruit stones
As written on the pack
Date Paste (67%) · Dark Chocolate (30%) (Cocoa Mass · Sugar · Cocoa Butter) · Coconut Oil · Salt. May contain fruit stones.
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 400 dark chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 108th. 69% of the dark chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29455539, last edited 2 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.