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Is Trader Joe's Soy creamy non-dairy frozen dessert ultra-processed?

Ice creams and sorbets Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Soy creamy non-dairy frozen dessert

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

soymilk, filtered water, soybeans, cane sugar, cherries (cherries, sugar, fruit and vegetable concentrates (color), citric acid, natural flavors), chocolate chips (sugar, bitter chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), sunflower oil, brown rice syrup, natural flavors, sea salt, carob bean gum, carageenan

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum

As written on the pack

organic soymilk (filtered water, organic soybeans, organic cane sugar, cherries (cherries, sugar, fruit and vegetable concentrates (color), citric acid, natural flavors), chocolate chips (sugar, bitter chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), sunflower oil, brown rice syrup solids, natural flavors, sea salt, carob bean gum, carageenan

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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 382 ice creams and sorbets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 98th. 92% of the ice creams and sorbets 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 382 ice creams and sorbets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00709569, last edited 27 March 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.