Cocoa Mass
Level 3 — Contested
Cocoa Mass is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: chocolate liquor, cocoa liquor
Where you'll see it
Coco Pops, chocolate bars, GU desserts
What the research says
Cited specifically as one of the three ingredients that put Coco Pops into NOVA 4 (with glucose syrup and flavourings) — a marker that demonstrates how processed-cereal construction depends on industrial inputs beyond home-kitchen reach.
[ultra-processed-people] Cited specifically as one of the three ingredients that put Coco Pops into NOVA 4 (with glucose syrup and flavourings) — a marker that demonstrates how processed-cereal construction depends on industrial inputs beyond home-kitchen reach.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken) — Chapter 4: The discovery of UPF: Coco Pops meet the definition of UPF because of the glucose syrup, the cocoa mass and the flavourings