Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Orange Sticks

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Orange Sticks scores 29/100 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.

Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Orange Sticks lists 15 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin and Natural Vanilla Flavor. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 29/100 Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Orange Sticks 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.