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

406 g (465 ml) Ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Ben & Jerry's 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
  • 3 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, water, sugar, skimmed milk, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), brown sugar, egg yolk, butter, fully refined soybean oil, egg, cocoa mass, coconut fat, molasses, fat-reduced cocoa powder, vanilla extract, guar gum, carrageenan, cocoa butter, natural flavourings, salt, natural vanilla flavouring, soy lecithins, butter fat

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

cream (milk) (27%), water, sugar, condensed skimmed milk, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), brown sugar, egg yolk, butter (milk), fully refined soybean oil, egg, cocoa mass, coconut fat, molasses, fat-reduced cocoa powder, vanilla extract, stabilisers (guar gum, carrageenan), cocoa butter, natural flavourings (contains milk), salt, natural vanilla flavouring, emulsifier (soy lecithins), butter fat (milk).

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.
5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 147 ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 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 8711327637696, last edited 7 August 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.