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Is Dough•Chi chocolate truffle ultra-processed?

Frozen desserts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dough•Chi chocolate truffle

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Chocolate Frozen Dessert 51% (Gluten-Free Oat Drink (Water, Gluten-Free Oats), Sugar, Chocolate 13% (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Cacao Powder, Dextrose, Stabilizers (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Locus Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan), Natural Flavouring), Gluten-Free Oat Flour, Spread (Shea Butter Oil, Water, Coconut Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Carrot Juice, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithin), Lemon Juice, Natural Flavouring), Light Brown Unrefined Cane Sugar, Unrefined Cane Sugar, Gluten-Free Oat Drink, Water, Gluten-Free Oats, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Cocoa Powder, Rice Flour, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Vanilla Extract, Sea Salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Vegan Chocolate Frozen Dessert (51%) [Gluten-Free Oat Drink (Water, Gluten-Free Oats), Sugar, Chocolate (13%) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Cacao Powder, Dextrose, Stabilizers (Mono and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Locus Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan). Natural Flavouring], Gluten-Free Oat Flour, Vegan Spread [Shea Butter Oil, Water, Coconut Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Carrot Juice, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithin; Lemon Juice, Natural Flavouring], Light Brown Unrefined Cane Sugar, Unrefined Cane Sugar, Gluten-Free Oat Drink [Water, Gluten-Free Oats, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt), Cocoa Powder, Rice Flour, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin; Vanilla Extract, Sea Salt.

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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 303rd. 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 5060502401106, last edited 27 March 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.