Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark scores 32/100 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.

Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark lists 17 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder and Nonfat Dry Milk. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 32/100 Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark 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.