Is Great Value Homestyle Vanilla Flavored Ice Cream ultra-processed?

Frozen desserts Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E410 Locust bean gum
E412 Guar gum

11 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

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

Milk, cream, skim milk, sugar (processing marker), corn syrup, egg yolks, contains 1% and less of vanilla extract, carob bean gum (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), annatto extract for color

Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Milk, cream, skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, egg yolks, contains 1% or less of vanilla extract, carob bean gum, guar gum, salt, annatto extract for color.

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.

2 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.
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 73rd. 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 0078742007908, last edited 3 July 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.