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Is Nuii Salted Caramel & Australian Macadamia ultra-processed?

3 x 68g Ice cream bars coated with chocolate Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Nuii Salted Caramel & Australian Macadamia

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

skimmed MILK, sugar, cream, glucose syrup, cocoa butter, skimmed MILK powder, macadamia nut 2.5%, butter oil, whey powder, cocoa mass, water, caramel 1.3% (sugar, sweetened condensed milk (whole MILK), sugar, water, glucose syrup, butter, salt), lactose, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, lecithins, e476, locust bean gum, guar gum, dextrose, carrot concentrate, salt, invert sugar syrup, vanilla extract, pectins

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

Reconstituted skimmed MILK, sugar, cream (MILK) (14 %), glucose syrup, cocoa butter', skimmed MILK powder, Australian MACADAMIA NUT pieces (2.5%), butter oil (MILK), whey powder (MILK), cocoa mass', water, salted caramel (1.3%) (sugar, sweetened condensed milk: whole MILK, sugar, water, glucose syrup, butter (MILK), salt), lactose (MILK), emulsifiers (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, lecithins (SOYA), E476), stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum), dextrose, carrot concentrate, salt, invert sugar syrup, vanilla extract, gelling agent (pectins).

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
7 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • 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 13 ice cream bars coated with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 100% of the ice cream bars coated with chocolate 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 13 ice cream bars coated with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5900130030692, last edited 4 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.