Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder

Name: Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder
Brand: Ghirardelli

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to watch

Includes lab results from its product family: Ghirardelli Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−100

cadmium−60

lead−25

arsenic−15

Ingredients

−4

cocoa processed with alkali−4

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+14

Minimum score+14

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Ghirardelli Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium332 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 66×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Ghirardelli Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 8 oz

Lead117 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 23×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Ghirardelli Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 8 oz

Arsenic36.1 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 3.6×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Ghirardelli Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 8 oz

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Ghirardelli Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 8 oz

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder healthy?

Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder scores 0/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Ghirardelli Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder. 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 Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder?

Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder lists 1 ingredient, starting with Cocoa Processed With Alkali. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder’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 Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder?

Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder compare to other baking ingredients?

At 0/100 Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder scores worse than most baking ingredients we have scored. A higher-scoring option in baking ingredients is King Arthur Baking Company Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour at 100/100.

Is Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder organic?

Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder is not certified organic in our data.

Has Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Cocoa processed with alkali only; unsweetened powder) with the other products in its family, Ghirardelli Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder contain heavy metals?

Ghirardelli Chocolate Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 36.1 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Ghirardelli Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 8 oz, cadmium at 332 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Ghirardelli Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 8 oz and lead at 117 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Ghirardelli Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 8 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.