Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml

Name: Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml
Brand: Ben & Jerry's

5Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 4 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Ben & Jerry's EU Cookie Dough

100

Contaminants

Substances that do not belong in food

−28

glyphosate−28

Ingredients

−57

fully refined soybean oil−25

folic acid−6

natural flavourings−6

natural vanilla flavouring−6

calcium−2

6 more deductions−12

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Final score5

Contaminants · 1

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Glyphosate0.29 ppbof 160 ppb

<1% of the limitEWG children's health benchmark 160 ppb (0.01 mg/day in a 60 g serving). EPA tolerance for glyphosate on oats is far higher at 30 ppm (30,000 ppb), 40 CFR 180.364.

Contaminants · 1

Includes lab tests of other products in its family

Ben & Jerry's EU Cookie Dough

Worst result per contaminant across the family

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab. No published safety limit to compare against.

Glyphosate

Confirmed by lab testing

Measured in: Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 150 ml

Ingredients · 29

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Common questions

Is Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml healthy?

Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Ben & Jerry's EU Cookie Dough. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml?

Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml lists 29 ingredients, starting with Cream, Milk, Water, Sugar and Condensed Skimmed Milk. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml contain seed oils?

Yes. Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml lists Fully Refined Soybean Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml?

Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml compare to other ice cream & frozen desserts?

At 5/100 Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml scores worse than most ice cream & frozen desserts we have scored. A higher-scoring option in ice cream & frozen desserts is Straus Family Creamery Organic Vanilla Bean Ice Cream at 100/100.

Is Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml organic?

Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml is not certified organic in our data.

Has Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml been lab tested?

Yes. 1 substance in Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml has a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against. Other products in its family (Ben & Jerry's EU Cookie Dough), which share its base recipe, were lab tested too. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Their results are in the family's Contaminants section above.

Does Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml contain glyphosate?

Yes. A lab detected glyphosate at 0.29 ppb against a 160 ppb limit in Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 500 ml. That reading is under its limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above. Other products in its family, which share its base recipe, were tested too: a lab detected glyphosate (detected, no amount reported) in Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream 150 ml. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests.

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