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Is Breyers Vanilla Frozen Dairy Dessert ultra-processed?

Ice creams and sorbets Sold in the United States

Pack of Breyers Vanilla Frozen Dairy Dessert

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Skim milk, maltitol syrup, maltodextrin (corn), cream, whey, less than 2% of (mono- and diglycerides), vegetable gums (carob bean, guar, tara), natural flavor, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, sucralose (splenda brand), vitamin a palmitate, annatto (for color)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E407 Carrageenan , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol , E965ii Maltitol syrup

As written on the pack

Skim milk, maltitol syrup, maltodextrin (corn), cream, whey, less than 2% of: mono and diglycerides, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar, tara), natural flavor, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, sucralose (splenda brand), vitamin a palmitate, annatto (for color).

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
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  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 382 ice creams and sorbets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 288th. 92% of the ice creams and sorbets 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 382 ice creams and sorbets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0077567281906, last edited 30 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.