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Is Häagen-Dazs Cookies & Cream Ice Cream ultra-processed?

386 g Ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom, France and Greece

Pack of Häagen-Dazs Cookies & Cream 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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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 32.7%, skimmed milk, sugar, water egg yolk, wheat flour, coconut oil, fat-reduced cocoa powder, natural vanilla flavouring, sodium carbonates, salt

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Fresh cream (32.7%), condensed skimmed milk, sugar, water egg yolk, wheat flour, coconut oil, fat-reduced cocoa powder, natural vanilla flavouring, raising agent (sodium carbonates), salt.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 19th. 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 3415581152920, last edited 9 June 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.