Is Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream ultra-processed?

Ice creams Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
E410 Locust bean gum
E417 Tara gum
E418 Gellan gum
E440 Pectins

27 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score D

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

cream, sk milk, sugar milk, strawberries, water ssurized eg yolks, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), cornstarch (processing marker), citric acid, red beet (color (ultra-processing marker)), pectin (ultra-processing marker), tara gum (ultra-processing marker), guar gua anthan gum, locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), acts acts p, calcium chloride, made on equipmentthat makes products containing egg, milk, peanut, soy, tree nuts, wheai, lly value 13% association, tillamook, or 97141 made in the usa 0% than is legally required, %6 differeno decn chown between milk derived

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E417 Tara gum , E418 Gellan gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

cream, sk milk, sugar milk, strawberries, water ssurized eg yolks, natural flavor, cornstarch, citric acid, red beet concentrate (color) pectin, tara gum, guar gua anthan gum, locust bean gum, gellan gum, acts acts p(95g calcium chloride. contains: egg, milk. made on equipmentthat makes products containing egg, milk, peanut, soy, tree nuts, wheai. lly value 13% association, tillamook, or 97141 made in the usa 0% than is legally required. %6 differeno decn chown between milk derived

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.

E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
E417 Tara gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
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.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 321 ice creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 130th. 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 0072830081108, last edited 25 June 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.