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Is Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream ultra-processed?

Ice creams Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed ice creams

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%, British Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Sugar, Belgian Dark Chocolate 10% (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Vanilla Extract), British Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder 3.5%, Egg Yolk, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

British Cows' Milk (43%), British Double Cream (Cows' Milk) (27%), Sugar, Belgian Dark Chocolate (10%) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin; Vanilla Extract) British Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder (3.5%), Egg Yolk, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 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 00393638, last edited 5 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.