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Is Carte D'Or Vanilla Light ultra-processed?

Vanilla ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Carte D'Or Vanilla Light

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 6 additives

Less processed vanilla 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

skimmed milk, sugar, glucose syrup, oligofructose, fructose, coconut fat, skimmed milk powder, concentrate, stabilisers (guar gum, locust bean gum, tara gum, carrageenan), exhausted vanilla bean, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), natural vanilla flavouring, colour (carotenes), ra, org, 2compared to our previous carte d'or packaging, store at, 18°c, best before end (for more information visit), www, wallsicecream, com carte d'or vanilla light typically contains 30% less fat than similar ice cream products

Additives: E160a Carotene , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E417 Tara gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

reconstituted skimmed milk, sugar, glucose syrup, oligofructose, fructose, coconut fat, skimmed milk powder or concentrate, stabilisers (guar gum, locust bean gum, tara gum, carrageenan), exhausted vanilla bean pieces, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), natural vanilla flavouring', colour (carotenes), 'rainforest alliance certified, ra,org, 2compared to our previous carte d'or packaging, store at - 18°c, best before end: for more information visit: www,wallsicecream,com carte d'or vanilla light typically contains 30% less fat than similar ice cream products,

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.
  • 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.
  • E417 Tara gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
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  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
4 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.
  • 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 22 vanilla ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 86% of the vanilla 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 22 vanilla ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711327533950, last edited 15 May 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.