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Is Little Jude's milk lollies ultra-processed?

Ice cream bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Little Jude's milk lollies

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 3 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

Chocolate (Whole Milk 74%), Oligofructose, Water, Sugar, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder 1.2%, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Carob Gum), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Vitamin D3 Strawberry (Whole Milk 73%), Strawberry Puree 10%, Oligofructose, Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Carob Gum), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Beetroot Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavouring, Vitamin D3 Vanilla (Whole Milk 78%), Oligofructose, Water, Sugar, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Carob Gum), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavouring, Vitamin D3

Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Chocolate: Reconstituted Whole Milk (74%), Oligofructose, Water, Sugar, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder (1.2%), Stabilisers (Guar Gum and Carob Gum), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Vitamin D3 Strawberry: Reconstituted Whole Milk (73%), Strawberry Puree (10%), Oligofructose, Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Stabilisers (Guar Gum and Carob Gum), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Beetroot Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavouring, Vitamin D3 Vanilla: Reconstituted Whole Milk (78%), Oligofructose, Water, Sugar, Stabilisers (Guar Gum and Carob Gum), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavouring, Vitamin D3

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.

  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.
3 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.
  • 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 34 ice cream bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the ice cream bars 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 34 ice cream bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060081112639, last edited 27 March 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.