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Is Ben & Jerry's Half baked froyo ultra-processed?

Low-fat yogurts Sold in the United States

Pack of Ben & Jerry's Half baked froyo

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
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Water, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), corn syrup, sugar, wheat flour, brown sugar, cream, cocoa, egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), yogurt powder (nonfat milk), cocoa powder, eggs, soybean oil, chocolate liquor, egg whites, carob bean gum, salt, guar gum, vanilla extract, yogurt cultures, natural flavors, cocoa butter, invert syrup, soy lecithin, baking soda, malted barley flour

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Water, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), corn syrup, sugar, wheat flour, brown sugar, cream, cocoa (processed with alkali), egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), nonfat yogurt powder (cultured nonfat milk), cocoa powder, eggs, soybean oil, chocolate liquor, egg whites, carob bean gum, salt, guar gum, vanilla extract, yogurt cultures, natural flavors, cocoa butter, invert syrup, soy lecithin, baking soda, malted 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.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • 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.

  • 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.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 42 low-fat yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 62% of the low-fat yogurts 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 42 low-fat yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076840101535, last edited 26 February 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.