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Dark Chocolate Sweetly Salted Caramel Cherries

Contains artificial colors

Dried Montmorency cherries are coated in salted caramel and dark chocolate. A 5-piece serving has 15 g added sugar and artificial colors; it contains milk and soy.

No artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesVegetarianLow sodiumContains dairyContains soy
$22.95 12 oz · lowest price at Cherry Republic
Price and stock checked Oct 31, 2026
Key nutrition facts
150caloriesPer serving · 5 pieces (31g)
Protein
1g▼
Fiber
<1g▼
Added sugar
15g▼
Sodium
65mg
Saturated fat
6g▼
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Caramel flavored coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk solids, whole milk solids, salt, artificial color (Yellow Lake #6, Yellow Lake #5, Blue Lake #2), soy lecithin, natural flavor), dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, butterfat, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor, salt), dried cherries (cherries, sugar, sunflower oil), gum arabic, tapioca dextrin, confectioners glaze
28 / 100
Poor Scored automatically
Weighted as snacks, sweets, dessertsHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 30%13
Ingredients · counts 30%31
Processing · counts 25%25
Sourcing · counts 5%70
Transparency · counts 10%50
Why it scores 28
Nutrition 13 · Compared with other snacks and sweets: more saturated fat (6 g), less fiber (0.5 g); 15 g added sugar per 5 pieces
Ingredients 31 · Caramel, 1st ingredient (added sugar, −20); Sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Artificial colors (synthetic dye, −15); 2 more
Processing 25 · Sugar, oils, artificial colors, natural flavor and confectioners glaze
Sourcing 70 · The brand says it uses Michigan cherries in its cherry products
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but natural flavor is unspecified
15 g added sugar
Artificial colors
Palm kernel and sunflower oils
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−40 for caramel, sugar
Moderate, evolving−15 for artificial colors
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
ClearShelf standard−10 for sunflower oil · our house standard, not a medical claim
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Caramel flavored coating (sugar Palm kernel oil Nonfat dry milk solids Whole milk solids Salt Artificial color (Yellow Lake #6, Yellow Lake #5, Blue Lake #2), soy lecithin, natural flavor) Dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, butterfat, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor, salt) Dried cherries (cherries, sugar, sunflower oil) Gum arabic Tapioca dextrin Confectioners glaze
11 ingredients 3 to watch2 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives6 additives · 4 limited risk
Seed oilFatLimited risk
ClearShelf standard: we lower the Ingredients score when seed oils are used. This is our house standard, not a medical claim. Research is mixed; major health groups have not found harm at typical intakes.
Palm oilFatLimited risk
High in saturated fat, and refining can form contaminants (glycidyl esters) that EFSA flagged in 2016.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Gum arabic (acacia) (E414)ThickenerNo risk
A natural tree-sap fibre; EFSA found no safety concern in 2017.
Lecithin (E322)EmulsifierNo risk
From soy or sunflower; a natural emulsifier EFSA considers safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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