Is Mackie's of Scotland Honeycomb Real Dairy Ice Cream 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
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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NOVA group
3
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Whole milk 58%, whipping cream 18%, sugar (processing marker), honeycomb 7% (sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate), milk, glycerine (ultra-processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)), stabilisers (sodium alginate (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), artificial ingredients
Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E412 Guar gum , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Whole milk (58%), whipping cream (18%), sugar, honeycomb (7%) (sugar, glucose syrup, sodium bicarbonate), milk solids, glycerine, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (sodium alginate and guar gum). Contains no artificial ingredients.
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.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- 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.
2 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.
Among 321 ice creams
From least to most processed, this one ranks 153rd. 93% of the ice creams here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012262004516, last edited 15 April 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.