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Is Outshine Assorted Fruit Ice Pops ultra-processed?

Frozen desserts Sold in the United States

Pack of Outshine Assorted Fruit Ice Pops

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:

  • 71 ingredients
  • 13 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

strawberry (water), strawberries, sorbitol, maltodextrin, glycerin, white grape juice from concentrate (water, white grape juice concentrate), polydextrose, natural flavors, citric acid, beet juice (color), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), guar gum, turmeric oleoresin color, carob bean gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, polysorbate 80, raspberry (water), red raspberry, sorbitol, maltodextrin, glycerin, white grape juice from concentrate (water, white grape juice concentrate), polydextrose, natural flavor, elderberry juice from concentrate (water, elderberry juice concentrate), citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), guar gum, carob bean gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, tangerine (water), sorbitol, white grape juice from concentrate (water, white grape juice concentrate), maltodextrin, glycerin, tangerine juice from concentrate (water, tangerine juice), polydextrose, natural flavor, citric acid, orange cells, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), guar gum, tangerine oil, carob bean gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, gum arabic, turmeric oleoresin color, beta carotene (color), isomalt, modified corn starch

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol , E433 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate , E950 Acesulfame k , E953 Isomalt , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

strawberry: water, strawberries, sorbitol**, maltodextrin, glycerin, white grape juice from concentrate (water, white grape juice concentrate), polydextrose, natural flavors, citric acid, beet juice extract (color), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), guar gum, turmeric oleoresin color, carob bean gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, polysorbate 80, raspberry: water, red raspberry puree, sorbitol**, maltodextrin, glycerin, white grape juice from concentrate (water, white grape juice concentrate), polydextrose, natural flavor, elderberry juice from concentrate (water, elderberry juice concentrate), citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), guar gum, carob bean gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, tangerine: water, sorbitol**, white grape juice from concentrate (water, white grape juice concentrate), maltodextrin, glycerin, tangerine juice from concentrate (water, tangerine juice concentrate), polydextrose, natural flavor, citric acid, orange pulp cells, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), guar gum, tangerine oil, carob bean gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, gum arabic, turmeric oleoresin color, beta carotene (color), isomalt**, modified corn starch,

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
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  • E433 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate Polysorbate 80 is a synthetic emulsifier used in ice cream and some sauces to keep fats evenly dispersed.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E953 Isomalt Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 478th. 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 0041548608105, last edited 10 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.