Is Deep dark chocolate avocado frozen dessert ultra-processed?

Frozen desserts Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E412 Guar gum
E414 Acacia gum

11 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed frozen desserts

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

avocado (water, avocado), nonorganic avocado oil, cane sugar (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), cocoa powder, vanilla extract, sea salt (processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), gum acacia (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

organic avocado puree (water, organic avocado), nonorganic avocado oil, organic cane sugar, organic tapioca starch, organic cocoa powder, organic vanilla extract, sea salt, organic guar gum, organic gum acacia,

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 74th. 91% of the frozen desserts 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 485 frozen desserts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0662425030767, last edited 2 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.