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Is Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Chocolate Ice Cream with Fudge Brownies ultra-processed?

16 fl oz Frozen desserts Sold in the United States

Pack of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Chocolate Ice Cream with Fudge Brownies

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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 (sugar, water), skim milk, water, sugar, cocoa, wheat flour, cocoa powder, soybean oil, egg yolks, invert cane sugar, eggs, egg whites, guar gum, salt, carrageenan, vanilla extract, malted barley flour, sodium bicarbonate

Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Cream, liquid sugar (sugar, water), skim milk, water, sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), wheat flour, cocoa powder, soybean oil, egg yolks, invert cane sugar, eggs, egg whites, guar gum, salt, carrageenan, vanilla extract, malted barley flour, sodium bicarbonate.

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.

  • 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.

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.
  • Cocoa An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 147th. 91% of the frozen desserts 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 485 frozen desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076840100477, last edited 27 June 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.