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Is Breyers Chocolate Ice Cream ultra-processed?

Ice cream tubs Sold in Canada

Pack of Breyers Chocolate 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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

fresh cream, milk ingredients, sugar, skim milk, skim milk powder, cocoa, glucose, natural flavour, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar), natural colour, ingrédients (crème fraîche), substances laitières modifiées, sucre, lait écrémé condensé et, ou lait écrémé en poudre, cacao, glucose, ARÔME NATUREL mono- ET DIGLYCERIDES, gommes végétales (caroube, guar), colorant naturel, contient du lait peut contenir des arachides et des fruits à coque

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

FRESH CREAM, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, SUGAR, CONDENSED SKIM MILK AND/OR SKIM MILK POWDER, COCOA, GLUCOSE, NATURAL FLAVOUR, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, VEGETABLE GUMS (CAROB BEAN, GUAR) NATURAL COLOUR. CONTAINS MILK MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS INGRÉDIENTS: CRÈME FRAÎCHE, SUBSTANCES LAITIÈRES MODIFIÉES, SUCRE, LAIT ÉCRÉMÉ CONDENSÉ ET/OU LAIT ÉCRÉMÉ EN POUDRE, CACAO, GLUCOSE, ARÔME NATUREL MONO ET DIGLYCERIDES, GOMMES VÉGÉTALES (CAROUBE, GUAR), COLORANT NATUREL. CONTIENT DU LAIT PEUT CONTENIR DES ARACHIDES ET DES FRUITS À COQUE

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.

  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
  • Milk 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.

  • Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 147 ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 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 0058779133757, last edited 1 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.