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Is Montezuma's Lime & Sea Salt Dark Chocolate ultra-processed?

Salted dark chocolates Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Montezuma's Lime & Sea Salt 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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed salted 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

Dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 70%, Dark chocolate 99% (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin, vanilla extract)), sea salt 0.2%, natural flavouring 0.2% (lime oil)

As written on the pack

Dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 70% min. Dark chocolate 99% (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier: soya lecithin & vanilla extract), sea salt 0.2% & natural flavouring: lime oil.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
5 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 salted dark chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 80% of the salted 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 15 salted dark chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060719920223, last edited 4 July 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.