16/17 ingredients recognized
Ice Cream With Cookie Bits
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Flagged concerns
corn syrup
Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.
mono - and diglycerides
Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.
artificial flavor
Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure
cellulose gum
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.
polysorbate 80
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation.
carrageenan
Intestinal inflammation; may exacerbate IBS; degraded form is carcinogenic.
natural flavor
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Milk, cream, 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, buttermilk, corn syrup, whey, mono - and diglycerides, guar gum, sodium phosphate, cellulose gum, sodium citrate, polysorbate 80, carrageenan, natural flavor, artificial flavor, annatto (for color).