It is a shame that so many brands of chocolate chips are ultra-processed foods, because people generally purchase them to use when baking something from scratch.
The most common reasons that I categorized chocolate chips as ultra-processed is because they include either soy lecithin or sunflower lecithin as an emulsifier. After that it was due to using natural flavors or artificial sweeteners.
When trying to find chocolate chips without UPFs, look for ones that are advertised as being allergen-free, because they are less likely to include soy. The brand that I see most widely available at grocery stores is Enjoy Life, which also has the added benefit of being vegan and free of many common allergens. This makes them a good option if you are buying the chocolate chips to make something that you intend to serve to a large group.
Chocolate Chips that are Not-UPF:
365 Whole Foods Market Organic Semi Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips
Ingredients: Organic Chocolate Liquor, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Vanilla Extract.
Enjoy Life 100% Real Chocolate Morsels, Dark
Ingredients: Unsweetened Chocolate, Cane Sugar.
Enjoy Life Mega Chunks , Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter.
Enjoy Life 100% Real Chocolate Mini Chips, Semi-Sweet
Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter.
Equal Exchange Chocolates Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Organic Chocolate Liquor, Organic Raw Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cocoa Powder.
Equal Exchange Chocolates Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Organic Raw Cane Sugar, Organic Chocolate Liquor, Organic Cocoa Butter.
Hu Baking Dark Chocolate Gems
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa (Certified Fairtrade Ingredients), Organic Unrefined Coconut Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter (Certified Fairtrade Ingredients).
Pascha Organic Bitter-Sweet Dark Chocolate Chips, Very Dark
Ingredients: Organic chocolate liquor, organic cane sugar and organic cocoa butter.
Pascha Organic Semi-Sweet Dark Chocolate Chips, Barely Dark
Ingredients: Organic cane sugar, organic chocolate liquor, and organic cocoa butter.
Pascha Organic Unsweetened Dark Chocolate Chips, 100% Cacao
Ingredients: 100% Organic cacao mass.
Hu No Added Sugar Chocolate Chips, Semi-Sweet
Ingredients: Organic Cacao (Certified Fairtrade Ingredients), Organic Date, Organic Cocoa Butter (Certified Fairtrade Ingredients), Organic Vanilla Bean (Certified Fairtrade Ingredients).
Nestle Toll House Allergen Free Dark Chocolate Morsels
Ingredients: Organic Chocolate, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter.
Nestle Toll House Allergen Free Semi-Sweet Morsels
Ingredients: Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Chocolate, Organic Cocoa Butter.
Chocolate Chips that are ultra-processed:
365 Whole Foods Market Jumbo Milk Chocolate Baking Chips
Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Vanilla
365 Whole Foods Market Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips
Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Vanilla Extract.
Amazon Fresh Chocolate Baking Chips, Milk Chocolate
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Flavor.
Amazon Fresh Chocolate Baking Chips, Semi-Sweet
Ingredients:Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Flavor.
Amazon Fresh Chocolate Baking Chunks, Bitter-Sweet
Ingredients: Chocolate Liquor (processed with alkali), Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla
Amazon Fresh Mini Chocolate Baking Chips, Semi-Sweet
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Flavor
Ghirardelli Premium Baking Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Unsweetened Chocolate, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract.
Ghirardelli Premium Baking Dark Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Unsweetened Chocolate, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla Extract, Soy Lecithin.
Ghirardelli Premium Baking Milk Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract.
Ghirardelli Premium Baking Non-Dairy Dark Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Unsweetened Chocolate, Cane Sugar, Cocoa* Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract
Ghirardelli Premium Baking Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract.
Good and Gather Milk Chocolate Chips (Target)
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Nonfat Milk, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.
Good and Gather Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (Target)
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Milkfat, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.
Good and Gather Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips (Target)
Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Milkfat, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.
Good and Gather Signature Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Sugar, *Chocolate Liquor, *Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Bean Powder. *Fair Trade Certified By Fair Trade Usa.
Great Value Dark Chocolate Chips (Walmart)
Ingredients: Chocolate Liquor, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Vanilla Extract.
Great Value Milk Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Sugar, Milk, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Vanilla Extract.
Great Value Mini Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin (an emulsifier), Vanilla Extract.
Guittard baking Chips, Extra Dark Chocolate
Ingredients: Cacao Beans (Fair Trade Certified by Fair Trade USA Made in a Peanut-Free, Tree Nut-Free, & Gluten-Free), Cane Sugar, Sunflower Lecithin and Vanilla.
Guittard Baking Chips, Milk Chocolate
Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Milk, Cocoa Butter (Fair Trade Certified by Fairtradeusa.org), Cacao Beans (Fair Trade Certified by Fairtradeusa.org), Sunflower Lecithin and Vanilla.
Guittard Baking Chips, Semisweet Chocolate
Ingredients: Sugar, Cacao Beans, Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Lecithin And Real Vanilla.
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Cocoa Butter, Milk Fat, Lecithin (Soy), Natural Flavor
Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Milk Fat, Contains 2% or less of: Lecithin (Soy), Natural Flavor, Milk.
Kroger Milk Chocolate Morsels
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Nonfat Dry Milk, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Vanilla Extract.
Kroger Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin (an Emulsifier), Vanilla Extract.
Lily’s Dark Chocolate Style Baking Chips
Ingredients: Unsweetened Chocolate, Erythritol, Chicory Root Fiber, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla Extract, Stevia Extract.
Lily’s Milk Chocolate Style Baking Chips
Ingredients: Unsweetened Chocolate, Erythritol (Non-Gmo), Milk (Rbst Free), Chicory Root Fiber, Cocoa Butter, Milk Fat (Rbst Free), Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Stevia Extract.
Lily’s Semisweet Chocolate Style Baking Chips
Unsweetened Chocolate, Chicory Root Fiber, Erythritol (Non-Gmo), Milk Fat (Rbst Free), Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Lecithin, Stevia Extract, Vanilla Extract.
Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate Moarsels
Chocolate Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Nonfat Milk, Natural Flavor.
Nestle Toll House Milk Chocolate Morsels
Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Nonfat Milk, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.
Nestle Toll House Plant Based Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Whole Grain Oat Flour, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.
Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Mini Morsels
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Milkfat, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.
Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Morsels
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate, Coco Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavors.
Pascha Dairy Free Organic Chocolate 100% Plant Based
Ingredients: Organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, organic rice powder (rice syrup powder, rice starch, rice flour), organic cocoa mass, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin.
Pascha No Sugar Added Organic Bitter-Sweet Dark Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Organic chocolate liquor, organic erythritol, organic cocoa butter and organic stevia extract.
Signature Select Chocolate Chips, Semi-Sweet (Safeway)
Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk), Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor.