Gelato

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Gelato scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Fruit Products (Pure Chocolate Extract): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Mono & Diglycerides): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

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 Gelato'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: Sugar, Milk Chocolate Base (Corn Syrup, Water, Sugar, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Condensed Milk, Dry Malt Extract, Salt, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Red 40), Custard Base (Egg Yolk, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Citric Acid), Dextrose.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Caramel Color.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.