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Is Theo Chocolate organic dark chocolate peanut butter cups ultra-processed?

Peanut butter cups Sold in the United States

Pack of Theo Chocolate organic dark chocolate peanut butter cups

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed confectioneries

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 beans*+, sugar*+, peanut butter (roasted peanuts), cocoa butter*+, powdered sugar (sugar, non-gmo cornstarch), +, peanut flour (roasted peanuts), salt, rosemary extract (vegetable oil, rosemary extract), ground vanilla bean*+

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

COCOA BEANS*+, SUGAR*+, PEANUT BUTTER (ROASTED PEANUTS)*, COCOA BUTTER*+, POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR, NON-GMO CORNSTARCH)*+, PEANUT FLOUR (ROASTED PEANUTS)*, SALT, ROSEMARY EXTRACT (VEGETABLE OIL, ROSEMARY EXTRACT)*[caret], GROUND VANILLA BEAN*+.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 peanut butter cups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 62% of the peanut butter cups 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 13 peanut butter cups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0874492003210, last edited 30 March 2025), 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.