Ice Cream with Cookie Dough Chunks & Chocolate Flavored Chips

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Ice Cream with Cookie Dough Chunks & Chocolate Flavored Chips 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.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 80): 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 Ice Cream with Cookie Dough Chunks & Chocolate Flavored Chips' 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: Brown Sugar, Sugar, Chocolate Flavored Chips [Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Dextrose, Soy Lecithin], Chocolate Flavored Chips [Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Dextrose, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier)].

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine [Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene (Color), Vitamin A Palmitate, Whey].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda, Baking Powder (Sodium Bicarbonate, Aluminum Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Cornstarch, Monocalcium Phosphate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt}.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Caramel Color, Annatto.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.