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Is Halo Top Ice Cream ultra-processed?

Ice creams Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Halo Top 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:

  • 48 ingredients
  • 8 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

Reconstituted Skimmed ALLERGEN VETE Milk, Polydextrose (Dietary Fibre), Sugar, Cream, Milk Chocolate Coated Honeycomb NID D'ABEILLE AVE Pieces 5.5%, Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Skimmed Milk Powder, AVEC SUCRES E Whey Powder, Lactose, Anhydrous Milk Fat, Water, Lecithins Polydextrose, Soyal Glazing Agent, Acacia Gum, Sodium Carbonates, Enrobés de Choco Erythritol, Eggs, Skimmed Milk Powder, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Cacao, Poudre de La Colour (Carotenes), Flavourings, Caramel (Sugar, Water), Locust Bean Gum, Guar Grasse du Lait Arh Beetroot Juice, Keep frozen below, 18°c, Do not refreeze once thawed, For the best Ecrémé en Poudre before date (see base of tub), SEE INGREDIENTS Arômes, Caramel IN BOLD, de eis mit honigwabengeschmack, MIT Poudre de Cacao SUSSSTOFFEN ZUTATEN (Rekonstituierte Magermilch), Polydextrose (Ballaststoffe), A consommer de pre Zucker, Gluke mit Mil Wahenstücke 5.5%, Zucker, les allergenes a es heland de pare

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E150 Caramel , E160a Carotene , E410 Locust bean gum , E414 Acacia gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E968 Erythritol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E968 Erythritol.

As written on the pack

Reconstituted Skimmed ALLERGEN VETE Milk, Polydextrose (Dietary Fibre), Sugar, Cream (Milk), Milk Chocolate Coated Honeycomb NID D'ABEILLE AVE Pieces (5,5%) (Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Skimmed Milk Powder, AVEC SUCRES E Whey Powder (Milk), Lactose (Milk), Anhydrous Milk Fat, Water, Emulsifier: Lecithins Polydextrose ( (Soyal Glazing Agent: Acacia Gum; Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates), Sweetener: Enrobés de Choco Erythritol, Eggs, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Cacao, Poudre de La Colour: Carotenes; Flavourings, Caramel (Sugar, Water), Stabilisers: Locust Bean Gum, Guar Grasse du Lait Arh Beetroot Juice. Keep frozen below - 18°C. Do not refreeze once thawed. For the best Ecrémé en Poudre before date: see base of tub. ALLERGY ADVICE: FOR ALLERGENS, SEE INGREDIENTS Arômes, Caramel IN BOLD. MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS. DE EIS MIT HONIGWABENGESCHMACK, MIT Poudre de Cacao SUSSSTOFFEN ZUTATEN: Rekonstituierte Magermilch, Polydextrose (Ballaststoffe). A consommer de pre Zucker, Gluke mit Mil Wahenstücke (5,5%) (Zucker, LES ALLERGENES A ES HELAND DE PARE

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.

  • E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E968 Erythritol Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
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.
  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 236th. 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 5056285800144, last edited 10 August 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.