Pound Plus Dark Chocolate

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Trader Joe's Pound Plus Dark Chocolate scores 80/100 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.

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

At 80/100 Trader Joe's Pound Plus 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.