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Is Member's Mark Dark Chocolate Covered Pistachios ultra-processed?

624 g Nuts Sold in the United States

Pack of Member's Mark Dark Chocolate Covered Pistachios

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed nuts

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

dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor, milk), pistachios (pistachios, sea salt), tapioca dextrin, sugar, confectioner's glaze, coconuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, walnuts, peanuts, and wheat

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

DARK CHOCOLATE (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor, milk), roasted pistachios (pistachios, sea salt), tapioca dextrin, sugar, confectioner's glaze. Contains: milk, pistachios, soy. May contain traces of almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, coconuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, walnuts, peanuts, and wheat.

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 613 nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 557th. 30% of the nuts 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 613 nuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0193968475109, last edited 25 May 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.