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Is Ben & Jerry’s Boots On The Moooo’n ultra-processed?

458mL Chocolate ice cream tubs Sold in Australia

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed ice cream tubs

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

cream, LIQUID SUGAR COSmico 4.1g 4.19 4.3g 19.4g 10.4g CONCENTRATED SKIM MILK, WATER orbit 28 43 18.3g SUGAR, oils (soybean, coconut), ounsaturated 5.1g quasaturated 2.9g COCOA, wheat flour, CORN SYRUP meteors 2.8g ALMONDS, eggs, butter (cream, the mo 0.5g SALT), natural flavours, flavourings, salt, thickeners (GUAR Which t 29.4g GUM, carrageenan), emulsifier 24.20 (soybean lecithin), milk, RAISING 1.6g AGENT (sodium bicarbonate), invert sugar, VANILLA EXTRACT 4.8g AFat 0.5g 51mg oohydrates 31.1g 10 h Sugar 25.7g 4Ffre 29 fce 1.7g 85mg TWe 4 are based on Australian Guidelines, aly Intakes are based on an average adult diet of 8700KJ.almonds, eggs, May contain, Contains miIk, soybean, wheat, Vani 0noin

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

CREAM, LIQUID SUGAR COSmico 4.1g 4.19 4.3g 19.4g 10.4g CONCENTRATED SKIM MILK, WATER orbit 28 43 18.3g SUGAR, OILS (SOYBEAN, COCONUT), 9.8g ounsaturated 5.1g quasaturated 2.9g COCOA, WHEAT FLOUR, CORN SYRUP meteors 2.8g ALMONDS, EGGS, BUTTER (CREAM, the mo 0.5g SALT), NATURAL FLAVOURS AND 48mg FLAVOURINGS, SALT, THICKENERS (GUAR Which t 29.4g GUM, CARRAGEENAN), EMULSIFIER 24.20 (SOYBEAN LECITHIN), MILK, RAISING 1.6g AGENT (SODIUM BICARBONATE), 80mg INVERT SUGAR, VANILLA EXTRACT 4.8g AFat 0.5g 51mg oohydrates 31.1g 10 h Sugar 25.7g 4Ffre 29 fce 1.7g 85mg TWe 4 are based on Australian Guidelines. aly Intakes are based on an average adult diet of 8700KJ.almonds and eggs. May contain Contains miIk, soybean, wheat, Vani 0noin.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.

  • Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 chocolate ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 92% of the chocolate ice cream tubs 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 13 chocolate ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076840002863, last edited 24 January 2021), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.