Vanilla ice cream tubs, from least to most processed

We track 22 vanilla ice cream tubs, 86% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Vanilla ice cream, vanilla.

What makes vanilla ice cream tubs ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of vanilla ice cream tubs that contain each:

Processed food (3)

  1. 1 Vanilla ice cream, vanilla Haagen-Daz · 28 fl oz (828 ml) NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Organic Vanilla Ice Cream Waitrose · 480 ml NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream Morrisons · 500ml NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (19)

  1. 4 Vanilla Ice Cream Häagen-Dazs · 460 ml / 400g NOVA group 4
  2. 5 Finest Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream Tesco NOVA group 4
  3. 6 Super Premium Vanilla Ice Cream Kirkland Signature · 1.89l NOVA group 4
  4. 7 Alvestaglass Gammeldags vanilj Alvestaglass · 1 l (525 g) NOVA group 4
  5. 8 French Vanilla Ice Cream Super Premium Trader Joe's NOVA group 4
  6. 9 SIA Glass Vanilj SIA Glass · 1500 ml / 735 g NOVA group 4
  7. 10 Vanilj Sia Glass · 0.5l NOVA group 4
  8. 11 Ice Cream, Extra Creamy Vanilla Breyers · 1.5 quart, 1.41 L NOVA group 4
  9. 12 Italiensk Vanilj Lejonet & Björnen · 0.5 L NOVA group 4
  10. 13 NATURAL VANILLA ice cream Rebel · 1 pint (473 mL) NOVA group 4
  11. 14 Gammeldags Gräddglass Laktosfri Triumf Glass · 1.75 l NOVA group 4
  12. 15 Gammaldags Gräddglass - Äkta Vanilj Triumf · 2 l NOVA group 4
  13. 16 Gräddglass - Gammaldags vanilj Triumf · 250 g (500 ml) NOVA group 4
  14. 17 Dairy Vanilla Kelly's of Cornwall · 2 Litres NOVA group 4
  15. 18 Big Pack Vanilj GB · 2 l NOVA group 4
  16. 19 Madagascan Vanilla Carte d'Or · 900 ml NOVA group 4
  17. 20 Clotted Cream Ice Cream Aldi NOVA group 4
  18. 21 Vanilla Light Carte D'Or NOVA group 4
  19. 22 Soft scoop Wall's · 1800ml NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.