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Is Petit Pot Dark Chocolate ultra-processed?

7 oz Fermented dairy desserts Sold in the United States

Pack of Petit Pot 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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

Whole Milk, Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Sugared Egg Yolks, Cane Sugar, Heavy Cream, Rice Starch, Pectin, Sea Salt

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Whole Milk, Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Sugared Egg Yolks, Organic Cane Sugar, Heavy Cream, Rice Starch, Pectin, Sea Salt

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,290 fermented dairy desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 576th. 70% of the fermented dairy desserts 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 1,290 fermented dairy desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850025807258, last edited 3 October 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.