Is Mackies Indulgent Madagascar Vanilla ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Whole milk 50%, whipping cream 23%, sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), milk, vanilla extract, free range eggs, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)), stabilisers (locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker)), colour (ultra-processing marker) (carotenes (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160a Carotene , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Whole milk (50%), whipping cream (23%), sugar, glucose syrup, milk solids, vanilla extract, pasteurised free range eggs, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum and carrageenan), colour (carotenes).
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- 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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012262010630, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.