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Is Unreal dark chocolate variety pack ultra-processed?

Chocolate candies Sold in the United States

Pack of Unreal dark chocolate variety pack

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, roasted peanuts, peanut flour, cane sugar, carnauba wax, cassava, cane sugar, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla beans, sunflower oil, palm oil, powdered sugar, pea protein crisps, pea protein, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, grass-fed whey protein

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

dark chocolate, chocolate liquor, cane sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla, roasted peanuts, peanut flour, organic cane sugar, carnauba wax, organic cassava syrup, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla beans, organic sunflower oil, organic palm oil, organic powdered sugar, pea protein crisps, pea protein, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, organic grass-fed whey protein

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.
  • E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 776 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 234th. 91% of the chocolate 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 776 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0858135003935, last edited 12 September 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.