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Is Trader Joe's SWISS DARK CHOCOLATE with 30% WHOLE HAZELNUTS ultra-processed?

7 oz Dark chocolates with hazelnuts Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's SWISS DARK CHOCOLATE with 30% WHOLE HAZELNUTS

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:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dark chocolates with hazelnuts

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

sugar, hazelnuts, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, butter fat, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanilla flavor, cocoa solids 50%

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

SUGAR, HAZELNUTS, COCOA MASS, COCOA BUTTER, BUTTER FAT (MILK), SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), VANILLA FLAVOR. COCOA SOLIDS 50% MIN.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 dark chocolates with hazelnuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 83% of the dark chocolates with hazelnuts 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 12 dark chocolates with hazelnuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00923903, last edited 4 June 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.