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Is Sainsbury's strawberry's and clotted cream ice cream ultra-processed?

480ml Ice cream tubs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's strawberry's and clotted cream ice cream

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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

British Cows' Milk 43%, Strawberry 17%, British Double Cream (Cows Milk), Sugar, British Clotted Cream (Cows' Milk), Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Cornflour, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk, Anthocyanins, Flavourings, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to nuts due to manufacturing methods

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins

As written on the pack

British Cows' Milk (43%), Strawberry (17%), British Double Cream (Cows Milk) (13%), Sugar, British Clotted Cream (Cows' Milk) (6%), Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Cornflour, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk, Colour: Anthocyanins; Flavourings, Concentrated Lemon Juice. ! Allergy advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to nuts due to manufacturing methods

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.

  • E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 147 ice cream tubs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 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 5063334007737, last edited 6 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.