Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Breakdown

4 ingredients to avoid

Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups scores 47/100 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.

Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups lists 14 ingredients, starting with Semi-sweet Chocolate, Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate Processed With Alkali, Cocoa Butter and Milk Fat. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 47/100 Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups 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.