Mackies of Scotland Dark Chocolate 70% - 35g
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Barcode: 5012262010883 (EAN / EAN-13)
Quantity: 35g
Packaging: Plastic
Brands: Mackies of Scotland
Categories: Snacks, Sweet snacks, Cocoa and its products, Chocolates, Dark chocolates
Labels, certifications, awards: Vegetarian, No GMOs
Manufacturing or processing places: Aberdeenshire
Stores: Sainsbury's
Countries where sold: United Kingdom
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Health
Ingredients
Food processing
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Ultra processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:
- Additive: E322 - Lecithins
- Ingredient: Colour
- Ingredient: Emulsifier
- Ingredient: Flavouring
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:
- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
- Processed culinary ingredients
- Processed foods
- Ultra processed foods
The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.
Additives
Ingredients analysis
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Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected
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Maybe vegan
Ingredients that may not be vegan: Flavouring
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Vegetarian
No non-vegetarian ingredients detected
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Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Cocoa mass, sugar, emulsifier (soya lecithin), vanilla extract, Minimum Cocoa Solids 70%, artificial colours, flavourings- Cocoa mass -> en:cocoa-paste - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 16030
- sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016
- emulsifier -> en:emulsifier
- soya lecithin -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200
- vanilla extract -> en:vanilla-extract - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11065
- Minimum Cocoa Solids -> en:cocoa-solids - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 18100 - percent: 70
- artificial colours -> en:colour
- flavourings -> en:flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe
Nutrition
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Poor nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 0This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.
Positive points: 5
- Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 8.3, rounded value: 8.3)
- Fiber: 5 / 5 (value: 11.6, rounded value: 11.6)
- Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
Negative points: 23
- Energy: 6 / 10 (value: 2261, rounded value: 2261)
- Sugars: 7 / 10 (value: 31.3, rounded value: 31.3)
- Saturated fat: 10 / 10 (value: 23.9, rounded value: 23.9)
- Sodium: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.
Nutritional score: (23 - 5)
Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
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Fat in high quantity (38.9%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Saturated fat in high quantity (23.9%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Sugars in high quantity (31.3%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks- Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
- Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
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Salt in low quantity (0%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
- Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
- Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food- Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
- Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
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Environment
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Eco-Score D - High environmental impact
⚠ ️Select a country in order to include the full impact of transportation.The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.Life cycle analysis
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Average impact of products of the same category: D (Score: 35/100)
Category: Dark chocolate bar, filled with praline
Category: Dark chocolate bar, filled with praline
- PEF environmental score: 0.89 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
- including impact on climate change: 17.11 kg CO2 eq/kg of product
Stage Impact 
Agriculture
14.3 %
Processing
81.0 %
Packaging
1.2 %
Transportation
3.0 %
Distribution
0.5 %
Consumption
0.0 %
Bonuses and maluses
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Missing origins of ingredients information
Malus: -5
⚠ ️ The origins of the ingredients of this product are not indicated.
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Packaging with a medium impact
Malus: -10
Shape Material Recycling Impact Unknown Plastic High ⚠ ️ The information about the packaging of this product is not sufficiently precise (exact shapes and materials of all components of the packaging).⚠ ️ For a more precise calculation of the Eco-Score, you can modify the product page and add them.
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Eco-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: D (Score: 20/100)
Product: Mackies of Scotland Dark Chocolate 70% - 35g
Life cycle analysis score: 35
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -15
Final score: 20/100
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Carbon footprint
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Equal to driving 8.9 km in a petrol car
1711 g CO² per 100g of product
The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Dark chocolate bar, filled with praline (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)
Stage Impact
Agriculture
8.6 %
Processing
89.2 %
Packaging
0.6 %
Transportation
1.6 %
Distribution
0.1 %
Consumption
0.0 %
Packaging
Transportation
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Origins of ingredients
Missing origins of ingredients information
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