Is Tesco double chocolate super sundae ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Vegetable fiber
- E322 Lecithins
- E410 Locust bean gum
- E428 Gelatine
- E450 Diphosphates
- and 1 more
- 29 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Whole Milk, Whipping Cream, Sugar (processing marker), Skimmed Milk, Cocoa Mass, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Inulin (ultra-processing marker), Palm Oil, Beef Gelatine (ultra-processing marker), Cornflour, Lactic Acid Esters of mono- and DiGlycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker), Soya Lecithins (ultra-processing marker), Egg, Cocoa Butter (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Carob Gum (ultra-processing marker), Vanilla Extract, Butteroil, Disodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbonate, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E410 Locust bean gum , E428 Gelatine , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Water. Whole Milk, Whipping Cream (Milk), Sugar, Dried Skimmed Milk, Cocoa Mass, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Tapioca Starch, Inulin, Palm Oil, Beef Gelatine, Cornflour, Emulsifiers (Lactic Acid Esters of Mono - and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids, Soya Lecithins), Dried Egg, Cocoa Butter, Rapeseed Oil, Stabiliser (Carob Gum), Vanilla Extract, Butteroil (Milk), Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Flavourings
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.
- E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
Among 485 frozen desserts
From least to most processed, this one ranks 275th. 91% of the frozen desserts here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053947437946, last edited 6 September 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.