Cookies & Cream Light Ice Cream

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Cookies & Cream Light Ice Cream scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Whey Protein): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla Extract): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Industrial Enzymes (Lactase Enzyme): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this product is more processed than about 38% of the 14,928 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Cookies & Cream Light Ice Cream's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Cane Sugar, Sandwich Cookies (Sugar, Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Nacin, Reduced Iron, Thamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Palm Oil, Alkalized Cocoa, Corn Flour, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Natural Flavors, Salt, Sunflower Lecithin, Chocolate Liquor).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Sea Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.