Is Marks & Spencer West Country Pistachio Luxury Ice Cream ultra-processed?

Ice creams Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

8 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed ice creams

Taste the Difference vanilla ice cream Taste the difference 9 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Vanilla Ice Cream Yeo Valley 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Organic Vanilla Ice Cream Waitrose 6 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Strawberries & Cream Ice Cream Häagen-Dazs 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Whole Milk, Whipping Cream, Sugar (processing marker), Pistachio Nut Paste 9%, Skimmed Milk, Egg, Salt (processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Whole Milk · Whipping Cream (Milk) (22%) · Sugar · Pistachio Nut Paste (9%) · Dried Skimmed Milk · Pasteurised Egg · Salt · Natural Flavouring.

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.

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.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 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 29141586, last edited 26 May 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.