Is Tesco Classic Dark Chocolate 74% ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 8 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed dark chocolates
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Dark absolute 99% cacao
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5 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Organic 70% Dark Chocolate Bar
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5 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Absolute black dark chocolate
Great British Confectionery Group Limited
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Hazelnut Butter Dark Chocolate
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4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cocoa Mass, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter (processing marker), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Sunflower Lecithins (ultra-processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Dark Chocolate contains (Cocoa solids 74%)
Additives: E322 Lecithins
As written on the pack
Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithins), Flavouring. Dark Chocolate contains: Cocoa solids 74% minimum.
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
Among 400 dark chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 239th. 69% of the dark chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753211707, last edited 17 March 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.