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Is Coop Choco Ice Cream ultra-processed?

900 ml Chocolate ice cream tubs Sold in Sweden

Pack of Coop Choco 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Skummjölk, grädde 19%, socker, vatten, vassleproteinkoncentrat, glukosfruktossirap, glukossirap, fettreducerat kakaopulver 4%, helmjölkspulver, kakaosmör, skummjölkspulver, kakaomassa, e471, e322, e410, e412, majsstärkelse, salt, smörfett, naturlig vaniljarom, e501

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E501 Potassium carbonates

As written on the pack

Skummjölk, grädde 19 %, socker, vatten, vassleproteinkoncentrat (mjölk), glukosfruktossirap, glukossirap, fettreducerat kakaopulver* 4%, helmjölkspulver, kakaosmör*, skummjölkspulver, kakaomassa*, emulgeringsmedel (E 471 vegetabiliskt, E 322 (soja)), stabiliseringsmedel (E 410, E 412), majsstärkelse, salt, smörfett, naturlig vaniljarom, surhetsreglerande medel (E 501).

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.
  • 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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Concentrated whey protein An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 13 chocolate ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 92% of the chocolate 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 13 chocolate ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340191157972, last edited 7 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.