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Is Sammontana Barattolino Croccantino ultra-processed?

500 g E/800 ml Ice creams Sold in Sweden and France

Pack of Sammontana Barattolino Croccantino

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 7 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

skummjölk, Saltkaramellfyllning 19% (Vatten, glukossirap, socker, kokosolja, fiber från cikoria, helmjölkspulver, mjölk protein, karamelliserat socker 2%, pektiner (e440), salt 0.7%, mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror (e471), citronsyra (e330)), socker-kokosolja-glukossirap, saltkaramelliserade sockerbitar 2.5% (socker, kakaosmör, salt, sakpulver (natriumkarbonater)), smör, mandel 2% (socker, mandlar 37%), mjölkprotein, äggula, mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror (e471), stabiliseringsmedel, natriumalginat (e401), fruktkärnmjöl (e410), annattoextrakt norbixin (e160bii), arom

Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin , E330 Citric acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E410 Locust bean gum , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Rehydrerad skummjölk, Saltkaramellfyllning 19% [Vatten, glukossirap, socker, kokosolja, vegetabilisk fiber från cikoria, helmjölkspulver, mjölk protein, karamelliserat socker 2%, geleringsmedel: pektiner (E440); salt 0,7%, emulgeringsmedel: mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror (E471); syra: citronsyra (E330)] - socker-kokosolja-glukossirap - saltkaramelliserade sockerbitar 2,5% (socker, kakaosmör, salt, sakpulver: natriumkarbonater) - smör - mandel krisp bitar 2% (socker, mandlar 37%) - mjölkprotein - äggula - emulgeringsmedel: mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror (E471); stabiliseringsmedel; natriumalginat (E401), fruktkärnmjöl (E410); färgämne: annattoextrakt norbixin (E160b ii); arom.

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.

  • E160b Annatto 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.
  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
7 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 214th. 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 8005840096635, last edited 29 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.