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Is Guuud Greek yogurt ice cream ultra-processed?

240 g Ice creams Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Guuud Greek yogurt ice cream

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Ice cream (skimmed MILK), fat free strained Greek yoghurt 30%, water, sugar, dextrose, butter, glucose syrup, maltodextrin, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum), acidity regulator (citric acid), natural flavouring, Water ice coating (Water), sugar, glucose syrup, stabilisers (pectin, carrageenan), Raspberry sauce (Glucose-fructose syrup), raspberries 25%, sugar, water, modified starch, caramelised sugar syrup, acidity regulator (citric acid), thickeners (pectins, locust bean gum), carrot concentrate, natural flavouring

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E330 Citric acid , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Ice cream: (Reconstituted skimmed MILK, fat free strained Greek yoghurt (30%) ((skimmed MILK, condensed skimmed MILK, MILK protein, yoghurt culture)) water, sugar, dextrose, butter (MILK), glucose syrup, maltodextrin, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum), acidity regulator (citric acid), natural flavouring). Water ice coating: (Water, sugar, glucose syrup, stabilisers (pectin, carrageenan)). Raspberry sauce: (Glucose-fructose syrup, raspberries (25%), sugar, water, modified starch, caramelised sugar syrup, acidity regulator (citric acid), thickeners (pectins, locust bean gum), carrot concentrate, natural flavouring). May contain: egg, almond, hazelnut, pecan and pistachio.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • 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.
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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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 312th. 93% of the ice creams 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 321 ice creams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711327434622, 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.