Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Cadbury Flake cones ultra-processed?

500ml Ice creams Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cadbury Flake cones

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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

buttermilk, biscuit cone (wheat flour, sugar, coconut oil, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), Cadbury milk chocolate flake bar 11% (milk, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable oils (palm, shea), emulsifier (e442), flavourings), glucose syrup, chocolate flavour coating (vegetable oils (coconut vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils)), sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), coconut oil, sugar, milk chocolate 1.5% (milk, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, palm oil, emulsifiers (e442, e476), flavourings), milk chocolate curls 1.5% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, dried whole milk, skimmed milk, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring), whey (from milk), emulsifiers (e471, e442), flavourings, stabilisers (e412, e410), colours (carotenes)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

Partially reconstituted buttermilk, biscuit cone (wheat flour, sugar, coconut oil, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), Cadbury milk chocolate flake bar 11% (milk, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable oils (palm, shea), emulsifier (E442), flavourings), glucose syrup, chocolate flavour coating (vegetable oils (coconut, sunflower, in varying proportions), sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), coconut oil, sugar, milk chocolate 1.5% (milk, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, palm oil, emulsifiers (E442, E476), flavourings), milk chocolate curls 1.5% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, dried whole milk, dried skimmed milk, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring), dried whey (from milk), emulsifiers (E471, E442), flavourings, stabilisers (E412, E410), colours (carotenes).

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • E442 Ammonium phosphatides Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Show 4 more
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.
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.

  • Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • 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 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 297th. 93% of the ice creams 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 321 ice creams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010693308449, last edited 27 March 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.