Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks

Name: Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks
Brand: Meiji

67Okay

Ingredients · 8

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Common questions

Is Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks healthy?

Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks scores 67/100 on Tallow — our okay 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 Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks?

Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks lists 8 ingredients, starting with Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder, Whole Milk Powder and Flavoring. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks’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 Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks?

Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks compare to other chocolate?

At 67/100 Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks lands mid-scale — below the typical score in chocolate, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in chocolate is Hu Organic Hazelnut Butter + Hazelnut Crunch Milk Chocolate at 100/100.

Is Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks organic?

Yes. Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Meiji 80% Cocoa Blocks, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.