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Is Rowntrees Mango Ice Lolly ultra-processed?

Ice creams and sorbets Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Rowntrees Mango Ice Lolly

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, sugar, glucose syrup, mango puree 4.5%, passion fruit juice from concentra 1.5%, maltodextrin, stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum), flavourings, colour (carotenes), acidity regulator (citric acid), black carrot juice, go

Additives: E160a Carotene , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

water, sugar, glucose syrup, mango puree (4,5%), passion fruit juice from concentra (1,5%), maltodextrin, stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum), flavourings, colour (carotenes), acidity regulator (citric acid), black carrot juice concentrate, may contain nuts, egg, milk and soya, go

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.
  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 382 ice creams and sorbets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 212th. 92% of the ice creams and sorbets 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 382 ice creams and sorbets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8606018618439, last edited 9 May 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.