Green Tea Ice Cream with Mochi Bits, Green Tea

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Green Tea Ice Cream with Mochi Bits, Green Tea scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Natural Flavors (Matcha Green Tea, Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Other Additives (Stabilizer (Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this is among the less processed 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 Green Tea Ice Cream with Mochi Bits, Green Tea'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: Mochi Bits (Sugar, Water, Sweet Rice Flour, Egg Whites, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.