Dark Chocolate Sticks
Dark Chocolate Sticks by Sweet Shop Candies Inc. has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Dark Chocolate Sticks draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Dark Chocolate Sticks sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, DARK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA FAT) MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCA FAT, DRY WHOLE MILK) NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR, HEAVY CREAM, SOY LECITHIN SUGAR, PEPPERMINT OIL, INVERTASE (ENZYME SOLUTION, GLYCEROL).
Product Details
- Brand
- Sweet Shop Candies Inc.
- Barcode
- 0017109328713
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Dark Chocolate Sticks's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Dark Chocolate Sticks sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Dark Chocolate Sticks's 4/5 score be read?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4/5 average places Dark Chocolate Sticks in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.