Snickers ice cream
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
4
0 we grade moderate or higher
2 of them not yet assessed here
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (4)
This label lists 3 thickeners and gelling agents and 1 emulsifier.
E407
Carrageenan
Thickener and stabiliser
What it is. A gel forming fibre extracted from red seaweed.
Why it is used. Thickens dairy, plant milks, desserts and some processed meats.
What the evidence says. Food grade carrageenan is permitted. A degraded form called poligeenan is harmful, but that is not what goes into food. Some lab and animal work links carrageenan to gut inflammation, which keeps it under review, but human evidence is limited and mixed.
Permitted, including in organic food in many places, though a few specialist products avoid it as a precaution.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E407
E471
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
What it is. Fat derived emulsifiers, closely related to ordinary dietary fats.
Why it is used. One of the most used additives in food: bread, margarine, ice cream, cakes and sauces.
What the evidence says. The body handles these much as it handles other fats, and EFSA's re-evaluation raised no safety concern at the levels used. They sit in the same broad emulsifier and gut microbiome research question as the others, which remains unsettled.
Permitted without a numerical limit. The fat source is not always stated, which matters for some diets rather than for safety.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E471
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E410 Locust bean gum thickener
- E412 Guar gum thickener
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
Skimmed milk (15%), sugar, glucose syrup, cream (from milk), peanuts, sweetened condensed skimmed milk, water, coconut fat, cocoa butter, palm fat, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, milk fat, lactose, whey permeate (from milk), emulsifiers (soya lecithin, E471), fat educed cocoa, stabilisers (E407, E410, E412), salt, vanilla extract, natural flavouring (from milk), (May contain: almond, hazelnut), Suitable for Vegetarians, [IT] Ingredienti: latte scremato (15%), zucchero, sciroppo di glucosio, panna (latte) (13%), arachidi, latte scremato condensato zuccherato, acqua, olio di cocco, burro di cacao, grasso di palma, pasta di cacao, latte scremato in polvere, grassi del latte, lattosio, permeato di siero (ottenuto da latte), emulsionanti (lecitina di soia, E471), cacao magro in polvere, stabilizzanti (E407, E410, E412), sale, estratto di vaniglia, roma naturale (latte), (Può contenere: mandorla, nocciola), F Ainekset: rasvaton maito (15%), sokeri, glukoosisiirappi, kerma (13%) (maidosta), maapähkinät, makeutettu rasvaton maitotiiviste, vesi, kookosrasva, kaakaovoi, palmurasva, kaakaomassa, rasvaton maitojauhe, maitorasva, laktoosi, herapermeaatti (maidosta), emulgointiaineet (soijalesitiini, E471), vähärasvainen kaakao, stabilointiaineet (E407, E410, E412), suola, vaniljauute, uontainen aromiaine (maidosta), (Saattaa sisältää: manteli, hasselpähkinä), SE NO DK Ingredienser: skummjölk/skummetmelk/skummetmælk (15%), socker/sukker, glukossirap/glukosesirup, grädde/fløte/fløde (13%) (från/fra/af mjölk/melk/mælk), jordnötter/peanøtter/jordnødder, sötad/søtet/sukret kondenserad/kondensert/kondenseret skummjölk/skummetmelk/skummetmælk, vatten/vann/vand, kokosfett/kokosfedt, kakaosmör/kakaosmør, palmfett/palmefett/palmefedt, kakaomassa/-masse, skummjölkspulver/melkepulver av skummetmelk/skummetmælkspulver, mjölkfett/melkefett/ mælkefedt, laktos/laktose, vassle-/myse-/vallepermeat (från/fra/af mjölk/melk/mælk), emulgeringsmedel/emulgatorer (soja-/soya-/sojalecitin, E471), fettreducerat/fettredusert/fedt reduceret kakao, stabiliseringsmedel/stabilisatorer (E407, E410, E412), salt, vaniljextrakt/vaniljeekstrakt/vanilleekstrakt, naturligt/naturlige aromämne/aroma/aromastof (från/fra mjölk/melk/mælk), (Kan innehålle/inneholde/indeholde: mandel, hassel-nöt/-nøtt/-nød),
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.