Is Toffel & Salt Mörk Choklad ultra-processed?

85g Dark chocolates Sold in Aland Islands and Finland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose

9 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed dark chocolates

Dark absolute 99% cacao Lindt Sprungli Sas 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Organic 70% Dark Chocolate Bar Green & Black's 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Absolute black dark chocolate Great British Confectionery Group Limited 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 3
Hazelnut Butter Dark Chocolate Hu 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Kakaomassa, kakaosmör, socker (processing marker), glukos (ultra-processing marker), grädde, smör (processing marker), naturlig vanilj, flingsalt, salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Kakaomassa, kakaosmör, socker, glukos, grädde, smör, naturlig vanilj, flingsalt, salt.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

5 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.
Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
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 158th. 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 6430041609919, last edited 13 October 2021), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.