Is Waitrose Dark Chocolate ultra-processed?

100g Dark chocolates Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, chocolates, as at least group 3.

3 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed sweet snacks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Cocoa mass, cocoa butter, cane sugar Dark Chocolate contains cocoa solids 90%

As written on the pack

Cocoa mass, cocoa butter, cane sugar Dark Chocolate contains cocoa solids 90% minimum. Cocoa mass from Ecuadorian cocoa beans ALLERGY ADVICE: May contain peanuts, milk and nuts

What makes it processed

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
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 12th. 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 5000169566558, last edited 27 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.