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Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate

72% Dark Chocolate

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Is Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate healthy?

Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate scores 90/100 on Tallow — our clean 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 Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate?

Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate lists 4 ingredients, starting with Unsweetened Chocolate, Sunflower Lecithin, Sugar and Cocoa Butter. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Trader Joe's 72% Dark 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 Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate?

Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate compare to other chocolate?

At 90/100 Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate sits in our top band, among the better chocolate we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chocolate is Hu Organic Hazelnut Butter + Hazelnut Crunch Milk Chocolate at 100/100.

Is Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate organic?

Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate is not certified organic in our data.

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