Is Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate with Whole Hazelnuts ultra-processed?

3.5 oz Dark chocolates with hazelnuts Sold in the United States and Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sugar (processing marker), chocolate liquor, hazelnuts, cocoa butter, butterfat, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Sugar, chocolate liquor, hazelnuts, cocoa butter, butterfat (milk), soy lecithin.

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

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.

3 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.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 83% of the dark chocolates with hazelnuts 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.

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