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Is Häagen-Dazs Caramel Collection ultra-processed?

Ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Häagen-Dazs Caramel Collection

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:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 4 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%, water, sweetened lactose reduced condensed skimmed milk, sugar, glucose syrup, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolk, sweetened condensed skimmed milk, salted butter, coconut oil, butter, salt, emulsifier (lecithins), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), gelling agent (pectins), natural vanilla flavourings, Fresh cream 30.1%, skimmed milk, sugar, water, sweetened condensed whole milk, egg yolk, wheat flour, vegetable oils (coconut vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), glucose syrup, fat-reduced cocoa powder, egg, natural vanilla flavourings, corn starch, salt, gelling agent (pectins), natural flavouring, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), Fresh cream 29.2%, skimmed milk, water, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolk, glucose syrup, coconut oil, salt, gelling agent (pectins), natural vanilla flavourings

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Fresh cream (29%), water, sweetened lactose reduced condensed skimmed milk, sugar, glucose syrup, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolk, sweetened condensed skimmed milk, salted butter, coconut oil, butter, salt, emulsifier (lecithins), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), gelling agent (pectins), natural vanilla flavourings. Fresh cream (30.1%), condensed skimmed milk, sugar, water, sweetened condensed whole milk, egg yolk, wheat flour, vegetable oils (coconut, rapeseed), glucose syrup, fat-reduced cocoa powder, egg, natural vanilla flavourings, corn starch, salt, gelling agent (pectins), natural flavouring, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate). Fresh cream (29.2%), condensed skimmed milk, water, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolk, glucose syrup, coconut oil, salt, gelling agent (pectins), natural vanilla flavourings.

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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 147 ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 77th. 90% of the 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 147 ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3415581545920, last edited 26 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.