Is Gelatelli Choco Brownie Love ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed plant-based ice creams
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), coconut fat (processing marker), fat reduced cocoa powder 6%, almond 3%, wheat flour, glucose-fructose syrup (ultra-processing marker), modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)), stabilisers (locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker)), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), natural vanilla flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
water, sugar, glucose syrup, coconut fat, 6% fat reduced cocoa powder**, 3% almond purée, wheat flour, glucose-fructose syrup, modified maize starch, emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, stabilisers: locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan, salt, natural vanilla flavouring
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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
- 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.
Among 11 plant-based ice cream tubs
From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 100% of the plant-based ice cream tubs here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489238591, last edited 25 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.