Unsweetened Dark Chocolate
Unsweetened Dark Chocolate appears in 48 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Unsweetened Dark Chocolate appears in 48 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 48
- catalogued products
- #5,109
- usage rank of 247,206
- 9
- named brands represented
- 49%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
Unsweetened Dark Chocolate: top-decile catalog footprint (#5,109 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,109
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 66 others that also appear in exactly 48 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 49%
- Mean relative depth 49% across 48 parsed labels, slot 2.5 on average. Unsweetened Dark Chocolate tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Unsweetened Dark Chocolate reaches 9 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Choco-Fit Almond Sea Salt Bar; Choco-Fit Espresso Bar; Chocolate Coconut Peanut Butter. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 3 (17 of 31), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Unsweetened Dark Chocolate
Products Containing Unsweetened Dark Chocolate
High-volume slice (16 of 48) for products naming Unsweetened Dark Chocolate:
High-volume peers for Unsweetened Dark Chocolate
High-volume peers for Unsweetened Dark Chocolate: 48 products, mean screening score 100/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Unsweetened Dark Chocolate record
48 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Unsweetened Dark Chocolate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Unsweetened Dark Chocolate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Unsweetened Dark Chocolate
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Unsweetened Dark Chocolate? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Unsweetened Dark Chocolate, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#5,109 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Unsweetened Dark Chocolate? ▼
Unsweetened Dark Chocolate ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,109 of 247,206), appearing in 48 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Unsweetened Dark Chocolate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Unsweetened Dark Chocolate appears in 48 products (#5,109 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Unsweetened Dark Chocolate). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.