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Kirkland Signature Handcrafted Luxury Chocolates: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-08-08 · Kirkland Signature

Quick answer

Limit Frequency

Kirkland Signature handcrafted luxury chocolates received a Longevity Score of 60 out of 100 (limit frequency). High sugar content with minimal whole-food components. Strengths include cocoa butter and nuts like hazelnuts, almonds, while main considerations include high sugar content, artificial flavors, and high saturated fat.

Longevity Score 60/100

What helped the score?

  • Contains cocoa butter
  • Includes nuts like hazelnuts, almonds

What held the score back?

  • High sugar content
  • Contains artificial flavors
  • High saturated fat

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Source data, GTIN, and Food Quality Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Kirkland Signature Handcrafted Luxury Chocolates
Category
Sweets & Desserts (source: Chocolate)
GTIN / UPC
00096619352050
Serving size
36 g (3 PIECES)
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Food Quality Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Kirkland Signature

Handcrafted Luxury Chocolates

Limit Frequency

KarbCoach Recommendation

Limit Frequency

High sugar content with minimal whole-food components.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

0.8g fiber

3% DV

High Sat. Fat

7.8g saturated fat

39% DV

High Added Sugar

13.7g added sugar

27% DV

Artificial Colors

titanium dioxide

Contains Seed Oils

palm kernel

Whole Foods

nuts, cocoa butter

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Contains cocoa butter
  • Includes nuts like hazelnuts, almonds

Key Concerns

  • High sugar content
  • Contains artificial flavors
  • High saturated fat
  • Processed ingredients

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

nutscocoa butter

Processing signals

glucose syrupsorbitol syrup

Additives

emulsifierartificial flavors

Seed oils

palm kernelrapeseed

Artificial colors

titanium dioxide

Ingredients

Ingredient list

SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA PASTE, WHOLE MILK POWDER, GLUCOSE SYRUP (WHEAT), BUTTER (MILK), SORBITOL SYRUP, WATER, HAZELNUTS, SKIM MILK POWDER, CREAM (MILK), VEGETABLE FATS (PALM KERNEL, COCONUT PALM, RAPESEED, SUNFLOWER), ALMONDS, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM KERNEL, PALM, SUNFLOWER, COCONUT), STRAWBERRIES, CLARIFIED BUTTER (MILK), NATURAL FLAVORS SUBSTANCES (LEMON, VANILLA, RASPBERRY), LEMON CRISPIES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY) RASPBERRIES, HONEY, WHEAT FLOUR (GLUTEN), EMULSIFIER (SOY LECITHIN, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN), PISTACHIOS, ALCOHOL, INVERT SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, RASPBERRY LIQUOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, COFFEE, ACIDIFIER (CITRIC ACID), MILK, KIRSCH, SALT (FLEUR DE SEL), COLORS (PAPRIKA EXTRACT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, COCHINEAL EXTRACT, IRON OXIDE AND HYDROXIDES, CAROTENES), SOY FLOUR, SALT, BARLEY MALT, RAISING AGENT (SODIUM CARBONATE), BOURBON VANILLA FLAVORING, ANTIOXIDANT (VITAMIN E).

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

194

10% DV

Total Carbs

16.7g

6% DV

Protein

1.7g

3% DV

Saturated Fat

7.8g

39% DV

Fiber

0.8g

3% DV

Net Carbs

16g

6% DV

Sugar

13.7g

Added Sugar

13.7g

27% DV

Total Fat

13.2g

17% DV

Sodium

15mg

1% DV

Unsaturated Fat

5.4g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories19410% DV
Total Carbs16.7g6% DV
Protein1.7g3% DV
Saturated Fat7.8g39% DV
Fiber0.8g3% DV
Net Carbs16g6% DV
Sugar13.7g—
Added Sugar13.7g27% DV
Total Fat13.2g17% DV
Sodium15mg1% DV
Unsaturated Fat5.4g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (13.7g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher saturated fat (7.8g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (1.7g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (13.7g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (13.7g)

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carbohydrate is almost entirely sugar (13.7g of 16.7g carbs)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Kirkland Signature Handcrafted Luxury Chocolates highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Kirkland Signature Handcrafted Luxury Chocolates shows about 0.79g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Kirkland Signature Handcrafted Luxury Chocolates: 13.7g added sugar per serving. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Contains cocoa butter; Includes nuts like hazelnuts, almonds.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: High sugar content; Contains artificial flavors; High saturated fat.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same sweets & desserts differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Sweets & Desserts, selected from the same Food Quality Guide catalog.

Source data and Food Quality Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Food Quality Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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