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Is Gelatelli Milk lollies ultra-processed?

Frozen desserts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Gelatelli Milk lollies

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 4 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

vanilla flavoured milk lolly (whole milk 37%, skimmed milk 34%, sugar, glucose syrup, whey, cream 4%, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum), guar gum, natural vanilla flavouring), strawberry flavoured milk lolly, whole milk 37%, skimmed milk 29%, sugar, strawberry purée 10%, glucose syrup, cream 4%, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum), guar gum, natural strawberry flavouring, acid (citric acid), beetroot juice, chocolate flavour milk lolly, whole milk 37%, skimmed milk 32%, sugar, glucose syrup, whey, cream 4%, fat reduced cocoa powder 2%, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum), guar gum, find out more at www, ra, org, st k b

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

vanilla flavoured milk lolly (37% whole milk, 34% reconstituted skimmed milk, sugar, glucose syrup, liquid whey concentrate (milk), 4% cream (milk), emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, stabilisers: locust bean gum, guar gum, natural vanilla flavouring), strawberry flavoured milk lolly (37% whole milk, 29% reconstituted skimmed milk, sugar, 10% strawberry purée, glucose syrup, 4% cream (milk), emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, stabilisers: locust bean gum, guar gum, natural strawberry flavouring, acid: citric acid, concentrated beetroot juice, chocolate flavour milk lolly (37% whole milk, 32% reconstituted skimmed milk, sugar, glucose syrup, liquid whey concentrate (milk), 4% cream (milk), 2% fat reduced cocoa powder*, emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, stabilisers: locust bean gum, guar gum, *rainforest alliance certified, find out more at www,ra,org, allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain nuts and peanuts, st k b

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.

  • 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.

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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 296th. 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 4056489238546, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.