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Is REMEO Gelato Stracciatella di Bergamo ultra-processed?

Ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of REMEO Gelato Stracciatella di Bergamo

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed ice cream tubs

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

Whole Milk, Water, Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Cream, Mascarpone Cheese 4% (Cream, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Egg Yolk, Skimmed Milk, Marsala Wine, Coffee, Natural Stabilisers (Carob Seed Flour, Pectins), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Natural Colour (Plain Caramel), Natural Flavouring

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Whole Milk, Water, Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Cream, Mascarpone Cheese (4%) (Cream, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Egg Yolk, Dried Skimmed Milk, Marsala Wine, Coffee Extract, Natural Stabilisers (Carob Seed Flour, Pectins), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Natural Colour (Plain Caramel), Natural Flavouring

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.

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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 147 ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 74th. 90% of the ice cream tubs 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 147 ice cream tubs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060392490099, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.