Ice Cream with Cookie Bits

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Ice Cream with Cookie Bits scores Ultra-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.
• Emulsifiers (Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 80): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

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 Ice Cream with Cookie Bits' 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: Cookies (Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Vegetable Oil Shortening [Contains One Or More Of The Following: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Palm Oil, Soybean Oil], Dextrose, Dutch Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Cornstarch, Chocolate Liquor, Corn Syrup, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Ammonium Bicarbonate], Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Caramel Color, Soy Lecithin), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Annatto.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.