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Is Crosta & Mollica Gelato ultra-processed?

Ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Crosta & Mollica Gelato

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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, Amarena Cherry Sauce 13% (Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Cherry Juice 10%, Modified Starch, Citric Acid, Natural Colour (Anthocyanin), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Thickener (Agar)), Mascarpone 11%, Whole Milk 10%, Butter, Glucose Syrup, Free Range Egg Yolk, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Stabilisers (Guar&Carob Seed Flour), Natural Flavour

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E163 Anthocyanins , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E406 Agar , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Skimmed Milk, Amarena Cherry Sauce (13%) [Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Cherry Juice (10%), Modified Starch, Citric Acid, Natural Colour: Anthocyanin, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Citrate, Thickener: Agar], Fresh Mascarpone (11%) (Milk), Fresh Whole Milk (10%), Butter (Milk), Glucose Syrup, Free Range Egg Yolk, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Stabilisers (Guar&Carob Seed Flour), Natural Flavour.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E163 Anthocyanins 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.
  • E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 147 ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 129th. 90% of the 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 147 ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060198645716, last edited 19 July 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.