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Is Ochoa Dark Chocolate Blueberry Açaí Superberry Flavored Centers ultra-processed?

7 oz (198 g) Bonbons Sold in the United States

Pack of Ochoa Dark Chocolate Blueberry Açaí Superberry Flavored Centers

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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, unsweetened, chocolate, cocoa butter, SOY, lecithin, natural vanilla extract), juice drops (sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, juice (pear, blueberry), pectin, natural flavors, acai, powder, sodium citrate, citric acid, coconut oil, carnauba wax), tapioca dextrin, sugar, confectioner's, glaze

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

DARK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, *UNSWEETENED, CHOCOLATE PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, *COCOA BUTTER, SOY, LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA EXTRACT), JUICE DROPS (SUGAR,, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, JUICE CONCENTRATE, [PEAR, BLUEBERRY], PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, DRIED ACAI, POWDER, SODIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID, COCONUT OIL,, CARNAUBA WAX), TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, SUGAR, CONFECTIONER'S, GLAZE.

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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Chocolate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
4 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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 125th. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462887710, last edited 20 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.