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Is Giannis Cones MINT&CHOCOLATE ultra-processed?

Ice cream cones Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Giannis Cones MINT&CHOCOLATE

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:

  • 67 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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, glucose syrup, coconut oi, whey powder, invert sugar syrup, emulsifier, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, stabilisers (locust bean gum), guar gum, plant extracts (safflower concentrate, spinulina extrac), sucose syrup, flavouring, acdity regulator, itricacid, white mint flavoured lce cream partaly reconstituted skimmed milk concentrate, sugar, glucose syrup, coconut oi, whey powder (milk, emulsifier, mono- and diglycerides of fattyaids, stabilisers (locust bean gum), guar gum, flavouring, biscuit cone, wheat flour sugar, coconut oi, emulsifier, lecithins, chocolate sauce, glucose syrup, water, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder, coca mass, sweetened condensed skimmed mik (skimmed milk, sugar), gelling agent (pectin), salt), chocolate coating, vegetabe ois (coconut oi, sunflower oi), sugar, fat educed coca powder, emulsfier, lecthins, mint flavoured chocolate pieces 2.59%, dark chocolte (sugar, coca mass, cocoa butter, emulsfier lecithins, sugar, gaze (water, gazng agent gum arabic sugar, honey), peppemint oi)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

[partially reconstituted skimmed milk concentrate, sugar, glucose syrup, coconut oi, whey powder (milk), invert sugar syrup, emulsifier, mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids, stabilisers: locust bean gum, guar gum, plant extracts (safflower concentrate, spinulina extrac), sucose syrup, flavouring, acdity regulator , itricacid, white mint flavoured lce cream partaly reconstituted skimmed milk concentrate, sugar, glucose syrup, coconut oi, whey powder (milk, emulsifier, mono-and diglycerides of fattyaids, stabilisers: locust bean gum, guar gum, flavouring, biscuit cone [wheat flour sugar, coconut oi, emulsifier, lecithins (soya), chocolate sauce (16%) [glucose syrup, water, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder', coca mass, sweetened condensed skimmed mik (skimmed milk, sugar), gelling agent: pectin, salt), chocolate flavoured coating (vegetabe ois (coconut oi,sunflower oi), sugar,fat educed coca powder, emulsfier, lecthins (soya), mint flavoured chocolate pieces (2,59%) (dark chocolte (sugar, coca mass',cocoa butter',emulsfier lecithins (soya), sugar, gaze (water, gazng agent gum arabic sugar, honey), peppemint oi),

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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 ice cream cones

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 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 4088600096155, last edited 28 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.