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Is Oatly Fudge Brownie Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert, Fudge Brownie ultra-processed?

1 PT/473 ml Frozen desserts Sold in the United States

Pack of Oatly Fudge Brownie Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert, Fudge Brownie

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed frozen desserts

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

Oatmilk (Water, Oats), Fudge Swirl (Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Coconut Oil, Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum, Sea Salt), Brownies (Oat Flour, Sugar, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Sunflower Oil, Water, Tapioca Starch, Coffee, Sunflower Lecithin, Salt), Sugar, Dextrose, Coconut Oil, Dried Glucose Syrup, Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Contains 2% and Less Of (mono- and Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids), Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Sea Salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Oatmilk (Water, Oats), Fudge Swirl (Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Coconut Oil, Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum, Sea Salt), Brownies (Oat Flour, Sugar, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Sunflower Oil, Water, Tapioca Starch, Coffee, Sunflower Lecithin, Salt), Sugar, Dextrose, Coconut Oil, Dried Glucose Syrup, Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Monoand Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Sea Salt.

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.

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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 260th. 91% of the frozen desserts 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 485 frozen desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0190646630485, last edited 27 October 2025), 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.