Is Häagen-Dazs Chocolate chip ice cream ultra-processed?

Frozen desserts Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Sugar
Vegetable fat

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

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

Chocolate ice cream (cream), skim milk, cane sugar (processing marker), cocoa processed with alkali, egg yolks, chocolate chips (cane sugar (processing marker)), chocolate, cocoa butter (processing marker), vanilla

As written on the pack

Chocolate ice cream: cream, skim milk, cane sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, egg yolks. chocolate chips: cane sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, vanilla.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 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 0074570084005, last edited 2 October 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.