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Is Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ultra-processed?

473 ml Ice cream tubs Sold in the United States and Mexico

Pack of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 4 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, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), water, wheat flour, sugar, brown sugar, egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), soybean oil, eggs, coconut oil, chocolate liquor, vanilla extract, cocoa, cocoa powder, salt, molasses, guar gum, cocoa butter, natural flavor, carrageenan, milk fat, soy lecithin

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Cream, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), water, wheat flour, sugar, brown sugar, egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), expeller pressed soybean oil, eggs, coconut oil, chocolate liquor, vanilla extract, cocoa (processed with alkali), cocoa powder, salt, molasses, guar gum, cocoa butter, natural flavor, carrageenan, milk fat, soy lecithin.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Cocoa An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
6 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 147 ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 90% of the 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 147 ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076840100583, last edited 20 September 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.