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Ice creams

Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from dairy milk or cream, or soy, cashew, coconut or almondmilk, and is flavored with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and any spice, such as cocoa or vanilla. Colourings are usually added, in addition to stabilizers.

Nutrition facts

Average nutrition facts for the 9482 products of the Ice creams category for which nutrition facts are known (out of 10204 products).

Nutrition facts
Nutrition facts As sold
for 100 g / 100 ml
Standard deviation Minimum 10th centile Median 90th centile Maximum
Energy 964 kj
(231 kcal)
246 kj
(59 kcal)
0 kj
(0 kcal)
538 kj
(130 kcal)
950 kj
(228 kcal)
1,370 kj
(329 kcal)
5,120 kj
(1220 kcal)
Fat 11.4 g 4.8 g 0 g 4.15 g 10.9 g 20 g 100 g
Saturated fat 7.42 g 3.27 g 0 g 2.4 g 7.1 g 13 g 100 g
Monounsaturated fat 2.41 g 1.6 g 0 g 0 g 2.5 g 5.29 g 6.35 g
Polyunsaturated fat 0.509 g 0.627 g 0 g 0 g 0.188 g 1.76 g 5.9 g
Trans fat 0.028 g 0.076 g 0 g 0 g 0 g 0.266 g 2.74 g
Cholesterol 34.7 mg 14.5 mg 0 mg 12 mg 34.6 mg 61.4 mg 25,000 mg
Carbohydrates 27.9 g 5.59 g 0 g 19.8 g 27.2 g 38 g 265 g
Sugars 22.6 g 4.33 g 0 g 14.4 g 23 g 29 g 65 g
Added sugars 16.7 g 4.27 g 0 g 6.74 g 17.9 g 21.8 g 30.4 g
Lactose 0.02 g 0.03 g 0 g 0.005 g 0.01 g 0.1 g 0.5 g
Polyols (sugar alcohols) 7.72 g 3.62 g 0 g 3 g 7 g 15 g 23 g
Fiber 0.889 g 0.808 g 0 g 0 g 0.7 g 2.5 g 78 g
Proteins 3.25 g 1.09 g 0 g 1.3 g 3.3 g 4.9 g 78 g
Salt 0.166 g 0.087 g 0 g 0.05 g 0.15 g 0.334 g 605 g
Alcohol 0.24 % vol 0.589 % vol 0 % vol 0 % vol 0 % vol 1.73 % vol 8.9 % vol
Vitamin A 99.3 µg 33.4 µg 0 µg 44.1 µg 95.1 µg 146 µg 97,000,000 µg
Vitamin D 0.353 µg 0.523 µg 0 µg 0 µg 0 µg 1.54 µg 4.1 µg
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 0.229 mg 0.562 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0 mg 1.7 mg 50.8 mg
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 27.8 mg 96.2 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0 mg 361 mg 2,500 mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 11.5 mg 47.2 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0.103 mg 206 mg 410 mg
Potassium 167 mg 49.9 mg 0 mg 93.1 mg 160 mg 257 mg 125,000 mg
Calcium 102 mg 24.4 mg 0 mg 60 mg 102 mg 144 mg 40,000 mg
Iron 0.404 mg 0.511 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0.106 mg 1.4 mg 100 mg
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils 14.2 % 19.6 % 0 % 0 % 3.82 % 58 % 71 %
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (manual estimate from ingredients list) 19.3 % 14.4 % 0 % 3.7 % 13.8 % 46 % 100 %
Cocoa (minimum) 4.72 % 3.18 % 0.87 % 1.1 % 4.08 % 11.2 % 11.8 %
  • Packaging materials


    Material % of products containing mostly the material Mean packaging weight per 100 g of product (for products that contain mostly the material) % of products containing the material Mean packaging weight per 100 g of product (for products that contain the material) Mean packaging weight per 100 g of product (relative to all products)
    Paper or cardboard 56% 13.1 g 56% 13.1 g 7 g
    Plastic 40% 6.6 g 70% 4.8 g 3 g
    Glass 0% 0% 0 g
    Metal 0% 0% 0 g
    Unknown 4% 7.1 g 23% 3.1 g 1 g
    Total - - - - 11 g