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Is Unreal dark chocolate peanut butter cups ultra-processed?

4.2 oz Peanut butter cups Sold in the United States

Pack of Unreal dark chocolate peanut butter cups

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed peanut butter cups

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 (chocolate liquor, cane sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla), peanuts, cane sugar, palm oil (sustainably sOurced), peanut flour, blue agave inulin, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, made in a facility that handles tree nuts, eggs, soy, wheat, milk, made on equipment that processes milk chocolate, read our faqs on unrealsnacks.com for further allergen information

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Dark chocolate (chocolate liquor, cane sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla), organic peanuts, organic cane sugar, organic palm oil (sustainably sOurced), organic peanut flour, organic blue agave inulin, sea salt, sunflower lecithin. allergen information: contains peanuts. made in a facility that handles tree nuts, eggs, soy, wheat and milk. made on equipment that processes milk chocolate. read our faqs on unrealsnacks.com for further allergen information.

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.
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.
  • 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 13 peanut butter cups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 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 0855571005158, last edited 30 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.