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Is Ben & Jerry's Non-Dairy Ice Cream Coconutterly Caramel'd ultra-processed?

500 ml (415 g) Plant-based ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and 2 more countries

Pack of Ben & Jerry's Non-Dairy Ice Cream Coconutterly Caramel'd

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed plant-based ice creams

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, sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable oils, coconut, fully refined soybean, card almond paste 2%, raw cane sugar, coconut 1%, fat reduced cocoa powder, corn starch, icing sugar, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, pea protein, sunflower lecithin, soy lecithin, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, modified starch, cocoa butter, salt, flavourings, molasses, vanilla extract, sodium bicarbonate, barley malt extract, citric acid, sugar, excluding icing sugar, cocoa, vanilla traded in compliance with fairtrade standards, total 22%

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

water, sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable oils (coconut, fully refined soybean, card almond paste (2%), raw cane sugar, coconut (1%), fat reduced cocoa powder, corn starch, icing sugar, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, pea protein, emulsifiers (sunflower lecithin, soy lecithin), stabilisers (guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan), modified starch, cocoa butter, salt, flavourings, molasses, vanilla extract, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), barley malt extract, acidity regulator (citric acid), sugar (excluding icing sugar, cocoa, vanilla traded in compliance with fairtrade standards, total 22%.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 11 plant-based ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 100% of the plant-based 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 11 plant-based ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711327319080, last edited 8 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.