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Is Häagen-Dazs Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream ultra-processed?

Chocolate ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom and Sweden

Pack of Häagen-Dazs Belgian Chocolate 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed ice cream tubs

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

fresh cream 29%, skimmed milk, belgian chocolate 13% (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), sugar, belgian chocolate chunks 10% (cocoa mass, sugar, butter oil, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), egg yolk, cocoa powder, natural vanilla flavouring

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

fresh cream 29%, condensed skimmed milk, belgian chocolate 13% (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier ( soy lecithin ), natural vanilla flavouring), sugar, belgian chocolate chunks 10% (cocoa mass, sugar, butter oil , cocoa butter, emulsifier ( soy lecithin ), natural vanilla flavouring), egg yolk , cocoa powder, natural vanilla flavouring,

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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 chocolate ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 92% of the chocolate ice cream tubs 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 chocolate ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3415581113921, last edited 2 May 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.