Is Ben & Jerry's Blondie Brownie Core ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cream 26%, water, milk, sugar (processing marker), milk sugar (ultra-processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), brown sugar (processing marker), wheat flour cocoa powder, egg, pectins (ultra-processing marker), carrageenans (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), powders to be lifted (sodium carbonates, diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), calcium orthophosphates), invert sugar (ultra-processing marker), vanilla extract, salt (processing marker), sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), barley flour
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates
As written on the pack
Cream (26%), water, milk skimmed, sugar, milk whole concentrate sugar, glucose syrup, brown sugar, wheat flour cocoa powder, egg dehydrated, stabilizers (pectins, carrageenans, guar gum), powders to be lifted (sodium carbonates, diphosphates, calcium orthophosphates), invert sugar, vanilla extract, salt, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), corn starch, barley flour.
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
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.
Among 147 ice cream tubs
From least to most processed, this one ranks 110th. 90% of the ice cream tubs here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711200589272, last edited 19 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.