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Is Brand of Brothers Ice Cream ultra-processed?

263g Ice cream in a box Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Brand of Brothers Ice Cream

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:

  • 88 ingredients
  • 7 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

Econstituted Skimmed Milk, Polydextrose (Dietary Fibre), Sugar, Cookie Dough ieces 6.1% (Sugar, Wheat Flour, Butter, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Salt, Flavouring (Barley), Vanilla Powder), Cream, Erythritol, Eggs, Skimmed Milk Powder, Chocolate Drops 1.9% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Lecithins), mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Flavourings, Salt, Steviol Glycosides from Stevia, Keep frozen below, 18°c, Do not refreeze once thawed, For the best before date (see base of tub), also, de eis mit t keksteig-geschmack mit keksteig 6.1%, und schokoladensplittern 1.9%, mit zuckern und sübungsmitteln, zutaten (Rekonstituierte Magermilch), G Polydextrose (Ballaststoffe), Zucker, Keksteigstücke 6.1% (Zucker, Weizenmehl, CO Butter (Milch), Glukose-Fruktose-Sirup, Wasser, Salz, Aroma (Gerste), Vanillepulver), CH Sahne (Milch), Süßstoff (Erythrit), Eier, Magermilchpulver, Schokoladendrops 1.9%, Des (Zucker, Kakaomasse, Kakaobutter, Fettarmes Kakaopulver, Emulgator (Lecithine)), Ga‍ Emulgator (Monound Diglyceride von Speisefettsäuren), Stabilisatoren (Fru Johannisbrotkernmehl), Guarkernmehl, Aromen, Salz, Süßstoff (Steviolglycoside aus Erit Stevia, Tiefgefroren aufbewahren unter), 18°c, Nach dem Auftauen nicht wieder de einfrieren, Mindestens haltbar bis (siehe Boden, allergiehinweis), FÜR ALLERGENE Emu SIEHE INHALTSSTOFFE IN FETT, kann auch erdnüsse und nüsse enthalten, Gom LUFT VORK IFCREENCHLAV HFT VARK IronPFA, chauaalide

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E960a Steviol glycosides from Stevia , E968 Erythritol

As written on the pack

Econstituted Skimmed Milk, Polydextrose (Dietary Fibre), Sugar, Cookie Dough ieces (6.1%) (Sugar, Wheat Flour, Butter (Milk), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Salt, Flavouring (Barley), Vanilla Powder), Cream (Milk), Sweetener: Erythritol; Eggs, Skimmed Milk Powder, Chocolate Drops (1.9 %) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier: Lecithins), Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Stabilisers: Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum; Flavourings, Salt, Sweetener: Steviol Glycosides from Stevia. Keep frozen below - 18°C. Do not refreeze once thawed. For the best before date: see base of tub. ALLERGY ADVICE: FOR ALLERGENS, SEE INGREDIENTS IN BOLD. ALSO, MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS AND NUTS. DE EIS MIT T KEKSTEIG-GESCHMACK MIT KEKSTEIG (6,1%) UND SCHOKOLADENSPLITTERN (1,9%), MIT ZUCKERN UND SÜBUNGSMITTELN. ZUTATEN: Rekonstituierte Magermilch, G Polydextrose (Ballaststoffe), Zucker, Keksteigstücke (6.1%) (Zucker, Weizenmehl, CO Butter (Milch), Glukose-Fruktose-Sirup, Wasser, Salz, Aroma (Gerste), Vanillepulver), CH Sahne (Milch), Süßstoff: Erythrit; Eier, Magermilchpulver, Schokoladendrops (1.9%) Des (Zucker, Kakaomasse, Kakaobutter, Fettarmes Kakaopulver, Emulgator: Lecithine), Ga‍ Emulgator: Mono - und Diglyceride von Speisefettsäuren; Stabilisatoren: Fru Johannisbrotkernmehl, Guarkernmehl; Aromen, Salz, Süßstoff: Steviolglycoside aus Erit Stevia. Tiefgefroren aufbewahren unter - 18°C. Nach dem Auftauen nicht wieder de einfrieren. Mindestens haltbar bis: siehe Boden. ALLERGIEHINWEIS: FÜR ALLERGENE Emu SIEHE INHALTSSTOFFE IN FETT. KANN AUCH ERDNÜSSE UND NÜSSE ENTHALTEN. Gom LUFT VORK IFCREENCHLAV HFT VARK IronPFA // 40/1 CHAUAALIDE

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E968 Erythritol Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 ice cream in a box

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the ice cream in a box 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 10 ice cream in a box, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056285800175, last edited 14 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.