Is Melona Coconut Ice Bar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Sugars (processing marker) (corn syrup, coconut, sugar, rice syrup), Coconut oil (processing marker), Polydextrose, Waxy corn starch (processing marker), Citrus fiber (ultra-processing marker), Artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), Guar gum (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), Xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), Carrageenan (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Water, Sugars (corn syrup, coconut extract, sugar, rice syrup solids), Coconut oil, Polydextrose, Waxy corn starch, Citrus fiber, Artificial flavor, Guar gum, Salt, Locust bean gum, Xanthan gum, Carrageenan
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.
- 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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 485 frozen desserts
From least to most processed, this one ranks 223rd. 91% of the frozen desserts here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8801104944137, last edited 4 June 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.