Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate

Name: Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate
Brand: Beyond Good

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Contaminants · 2

2 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium162 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 32×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead7 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Ingredients · 4

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Common questions

Is Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate healthy?

Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate scores 12/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate?

Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate lists 4 ingredients, starting with Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Sunflower Lecithin and Organic Cocoa Beans. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate?

Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate compare to other chocolate?

At 12/100 Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate scores worse than most chocolate we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chocolate is Hu Organic Hazelnut Butter + Hazelnut Crunch Milk Chocolate at 100/100.

Is Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate organic?

Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate is not certified organic in our data.

Has Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate been lab tested?

Yes. 2 substances in Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected lead at 7 ppb against a 5 ppb limit and cadmium at 162 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark 70% Cocoa Heirloom Chocolate. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.