Is Oreo 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
Glucose
Glucose syrup
Whey
E410 Locust bean gum
E412 Guar gum
and 1 more

52 ingredients
7 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

skimmed MILK, crushed chocolate flavour cookies 9.5%, WHEAT flour, sugar (processing marker), rapeseed oil, fat reduced cocoa powder glucose-fructose syrup, WHEAT starch (processing marker), ammonium potassium, sodium carbonates, palm oil, salt (processing marker), SOYA lecith addity regulator (sodium hydroxide), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), coconut al sugar, skimmed MILK, mini chocolate flavour cookies WHEAT flour, sugar (processing marker), palm oil, fat reduced cocoa powder, glucose syrup st raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, whey powder (ultra-processing marker), from L emulsifier (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), e410 (ultra-processing marker), e412 (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Froner Ice Cream UK Ltd, Leeming Bar, United Kingdom, dl7 9ul, Unit D Baldonnell Business Park, Baldonnell, Co, Dublin, Ireland, consumer service (www.oreoicecream.com O is a trademark of the Mondelez International group used under license, Froneri ke Cream UK Ltd), Leeming Bar, United Kingdom, PUL Unit D, Baldonnell Business Park, dunnell, Co, Dublin, Ireland

Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E524 Sodium hydroxide , E527 Ammonium hydroxide

As written on the pack

Reconstituted skimmed MILK concentrate, crushed chocolate flavour cookies (9.5%) (WHEAT flour, sugar, rapeseed oil, fat reduced cocoa powder glucose-fructose syrup, WHEAT starch, raising agents (ammonium potassium and sodium carbonates), palm oil, salt, emulsifier (SOYA lecith addity regulator (sodium hydroxide), flavourings), glucose syrup, coconut al sugar, skimmed MILK concentrate, mini chocolate flavour cookies WHEAT flour, sugar, palm oil, fat reduced cocoa powder, glucose syrup st raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate), flavouring, acidity regulators (sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide)), whey powder (from L emulsifier (E471), stabilisers (E410, E412), flavouring. May contain PEANUTS NUTS and MUSTARD. Suitable for vegetarians. Froner Ice Cream UK Ltd, Leeming Bar, United Kingdom, DL7 9UL. Unit D Baldonnell Business Park, Baldonnell, Co. Dublin, Ireland. CONSUMER SERVICE: www.oreoicecream.com O is a trademark of the Mondelez International group used under license. Froneri ke Cream UK Ltd, Leeming Bar, United Kingdom, PUL Unit D, Baldonnell Business Park, dunnell, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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.

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.
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.

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.
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.

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.

Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 160th. 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 5010238022038, last edited 25 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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.