Is Taitau Exclusive selection chocolate, extra dark ultra-processed?

Dark chocolates Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
E322 Lecithins

8 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

Cocoa mass (made from premium quality ghanian and arriba cocoa beans), sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker), rape lecithin (ultra-processing marker), flavouring vanillin, contains at least 90% of cocoa solids

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Cocoa mass (made from premium quality ghanian and arriba cocoa beans), sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier - rape lecithin, flavouring vanillin. contains at least 90% of cocoa solids.

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.

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.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
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 400 dark chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 281st. 69% of the 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 400 dark chocolates, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4779021230913, last edited 16 August 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.