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Is Gelatelli Mini NEO Ice Cream Cones ultra-processed?

216 g (12 x 18 g) Ice cream cones Sold in Sweden, Finland and Spain

Pack of Gelatelli Mini NEO Ice Cream Cones

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed ice creams

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, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Whey, Vegetable Fats (Coconut, Palm), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Margarine (Palm Oil, Water), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifiers (Lecithins, Rapeseed), Soya, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Stabilisers (Locust Bean Gum), Guar Gum, Coconut Oil, Glucose Syrup, Colour (Vegetable Carbon), Salt, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Ammonium Carbonates, Natural Flavourings

Additives: E153 Vegetable carbon , E322 Lecithins , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Skimmed Milk, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Liquid Whey Concentrate (Milk), Vegetable Fats (Coconut, Palm), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Margarine (Palm Oil, Water), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifiers: Lecithins (Rapeseed, Soya), Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Stabilisers: Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum; Coconut Oil, Glucose Syrup, Colour: Vegetable Carbon; Salt, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates; Natural Flavourings.

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.

  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • 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 13 ice cream cones

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 100% of the ice cream cones 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 13 ice cream cones, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20652340, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.