Is Cottee's Ice Magic Chocolate Flavoured Ice Cream Coating ultra-processed?

220 g Dessert sauces Sold in Australia and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
Flavouring
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

29 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed dessert sauces

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

vegetable oils (processing marker), protected with antioxidant, sugar (processing marker), cocoa powder 9%, skim milk powder (processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker), flavours (ultra-processing marker), made in australia, packed for h.j, heinz co, aust, ltd, 2southbank blvd, southbank, victoria 3006, australia, consumer information (toll free1800 037 058 (aust), 050, cottee's and the flag devicé af ade marks of cadbury enterprises pte, lt dare used under licence by h.t, heinz co, aust, ltu stributed in new zealand byiz wattie's ltd.® registered trademark ©copyrightj, heinz co, aust, ltd best before), microwave safe recy 04 jan 18 09

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

vegetable oils [protected with antioxidant (319), sugar, cocoa powder (9%), skim milk powder, emulsifier (471), flavours, traces of wheat, oats, soy, sesame, tree nuts & peanuts. made in australia, packed for h.j. heinz co. aust. ltd. 2southbank blvd, southbank, victoria 3006, australia, consumer information: toll free1800 037 058 (aust) 0653 050 (nz). cottee's and the flag devicé af ade marks of cadbury enterprises pte. lt dare used under licence by h.t. heinz co. aust. ltu stributed in new zealand byiz wattie's ltd.® registered trademark ©copyrightj. heinz co. aust. ltd best before: microwave safe recy 04 jan 18 09:58

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.
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.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
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 67 dessert sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 84% of the dessert sauces 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 67 dessert sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300657173418, last edited 11 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.