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Is 3 Vänner Glass Choklad & Jordnötter & Kolasås Glass Vegansk ultra-processed?

500 ml Plant-based ice creams Sold in Sweden

Pack of 3 Vänner Glass Choklad & Jordnötter & Kolasås Glass Vegansk

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed plant-based ice creams

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Kokosgrädde, vatten, socker, stärkelsesirap, jordnötter 7%, choklad 7% (kakaomassa, socker, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), vanilj), modifierad potatisstärkelse, farinsocker, sirap, druvsocker, kokosolja, ris, rapsolja, kakaopulver, emulgeringsmedel (rapslecitin), kakaosmör, havssalt, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl)

As written on the pack

Kokosgrädde, vatten, socker, stärkelsesirap, jordnötter (7%), choklad (7%) (kakaomassa, socker, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), vanilj), modifierad potatisstärkelse, farinsocker, sirap, druvsocker, kokosolja, ris, rapsolja, kakaopulver, emulgeringsmedel (rapslecitin), kakaosmör, havssalt, förtjockningsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl). Glutenfri.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 plant-based ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 87% of the plant-based ice creams here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 23 plant-based ice creams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6430048448313, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.