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Is Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Covered Powerberries ultra-processed?

8 oz Candies Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Covered Powerberries

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candies

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

dark chocolate, sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, whole mlk powder, butter fat, cocoa powder, soy lecithin (an emulsifier, salt, natural flavor), fruit juice (water (sufficient to reconstitute), acai juice, pomegranate juice, cranberry, lemon juice concentrate, blueberry juice, elderberry juice concentrate), cane sugar, brown rice syrup ectin, tapioca dextrin, acai pure citric acid, malic acid (acidifier), natural flavors, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), dextrin (corn), confectioners shellac contans milk, soy, asold exclusively by (rovia), ca 91016 41%, best by 03, 24, 21

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

dark chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, whole mlk powder, butter fat, cocoa powder [processed with alkali], soy lecithin (an emulsifier], salt, natural flavor), reconstituted fruit juice (water [sufficient to reconstitute], acai juice concentrate, pomegranate juice concentrate, cranberry juice concentrate, lemon juice concentrate, blueberry juice concentrate, elderberry juice concentrate), cane sugar, brown rice syrup ectin, tapioca dextrin, acai pure citric acid, malic acid (acidifier), natural flavors, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), dextrin (corn), confectioners shellac contans milk, soy, may contain traces of wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, asold exclusively by: rovia, ca 91016 41% minimum, best by 03/24/21

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Cocoa powder An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
  • 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 486 candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 154th. 96% of the candies 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 486 candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00994255, last edited 2 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.