Mint Flavored Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Mint Flavored Ice Cream with Chocolate 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.
• Artificial Colors (Yellow 5): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Emulsifiers (Mono & Diglycerides, Polysorbate 80): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan): Industrial stabilizers common in 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 Mint Flavored Ice Cream with Chocolate 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: Sugar, Chocolate Chip (Sugar, Hydrogenated Coconut & Cottonseed Oil, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Nonfat Dry Milk, Chocolate Liquor, Milk).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Sulfate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Peppermint Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Blue 3, Annatto.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.