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Is Gelatelli mini sticks double caramel ultra-processed?

Ice cream in a box Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Gelatelli mini sticks double caramel

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 5 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, Sugar, Vegetable Fats (Coconut, Palm), Water, Whey, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Caramel Sauce (Glucose Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk, Skimmed Milk, Sugar), Invert Sugar Syrup, Butter Oil, Sugar, Butter Oil, Dried Glucose Syrup, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifiers (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Soya Lecithins, Polyglyercol Polyricinoleate, Stabilisers (Locust Bean Gum), Guar Gum, Concentrated Carrot Juice, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Modified Maize Starch, Natural Bourbon Vanilla Flavouring, Bourbon Vanilla Extract, Natural Flavouring, Vanilla Pods, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Hydroxide)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E524 Sodium hydroxide

As written on the pack

Reconstituted Skimmed Milk, Sugar, Vegetable Fats (Coconut, Palm), Water, Liquid Whey Concentrate (Milk), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Cocoa Mass**, Cocoa Butter**, Dextrose, Caramel Flavoured Sauce (Glucose Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk [Condensed Skimmed Milk, Sugar), Invert Sugar Syrup, Butter Oil (Milk), Sugar), Butter Oil (Milk), Dried Glucose Syrup, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder**, Emulsifiers: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Soya Lecithins, Polyglyercol Polyricinoleate; Stabilisers: Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Concentrated Carrot Juice, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Modified Maize Starch, Natural Bourbon Vanilla Flavouring, Bourbon Vanilla Extract, Natural Flavouring, Ground Extracted Vanilla Pods, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Hydroxide.

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.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 ice cream in a box

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 100% of the ice cream in a box 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 10 ice cream in a box, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20102654, last edited 26 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.