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72% COCOA CRANBERRIES ALMONDS + DARK CHOCOLATE, CRANBERRIES ALMONDS

Name: 72% COCOA CRANBERRIES ALMONDS + DARK CHOCOLATE, CRANBERRIES ALMONDS
Brand: ENDANGERED SPECIES CHOCOLATE

ENDANGERED SPECIES CHOCOLATE · 20/100 · Not approved

1 not-approved ingredient detected

What we flagged

Ingredient	Verdict	Why
Sugar (Refined)	Caution	Refined sucrose, typically from sugarcane or sugar beet; minimally processed but a refined sweetener.
Soy Lecithin	Caution	Hexane-extracted from soybeans unless labeled non-GMO/organic.
Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)	Caution	Emulsifier shown in 2022 NIH study to alter gut microbiota in humans.
Sunflower Oil	Not approved	Refined seed oil; high-oleic variants slightly more stable but still industrially processed.

How the score was reached

100 − 50×1 − 10×3 − 5×0 = 20

Reason	Points	Detail
Sunflower Oil	-50	Refined seed oil; high-oleic variants slightly more stable but still industrially processed.
Sugar (Refined)	-10	Refined sucrose, typically from sugarcane or sugar beet; minimally processed but a refined sweetener.
Soy Lecithin	-10	Hexane-extracted from soybeans unless labeled non-GMO/organic.
Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)	-10	Emulsifier shown in 2022 NIH study to alter gut microbiota in humans.

Ingredients

bittersweet chocolateChocolate Liquor Sugar (Refined)Cocoa Butter Soy LecithinvanillaAlmonds Dried Cranberries Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)Sunflower Oil

Diets this fits

VeganVegetarianPescatarianGluten-freeDairy-free

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