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Freeze Dried Ice Cream That Does Not Melt (Bits) Chocolate Chip

Contains corn syrup

Freeze-dried vanilla ice cream with real chocolate chips makes a crisp, shelf-stable dessert. It has 26 g added sugar per 38 g serving and includes corn syrup, gums and artificial flavors.

Seed-oil freeNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesVegetarianLow sodiumContains dairyContains soyContains corn
$6.99 1oz · lowest price at Arctic Farms
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
310caloriesPer serving · 2/3 Cup (38g)
Protein
4g
Fiber
0g▼
Added sugar
26g▼
Sodium
105mg
Saturated fat
9.7g▼
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Ingredients: milk, cream, liquid sugar (sugar, water), nonfat milk, corn syrup, whey, mono- and diglycerides, cellulose gum, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, natural and artificial vanilla flavors, carrageenan, caramel color, chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural vanilla extract)
23 / 100
Poor Scored automatically
Weighted as snacks, sweets, dessertsHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 30%9
Ingredients · counts 30%24
Processing · counts 25%25
Sourcing · counts 5%35
Transparency · counts 10%50
Why it scores 23
Nutrition 9 · Compared with other snacks and sweets: more saturated fat (9.7 g), less fiber (0 g); 26 g added sugar per 2/3 Cup
Ingredients 24 · Sugar, 3rd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Carboxymethylcellulose (cellulose gum) (additive, −10); Carrageenan (additive, −10); 5 more
Processing 25 · Ice cream formulation with corn syrup, gums, flavorings and caramel color
Sourcing 35 · Dairy and sugar origins aren't specified; refined sugar and corn syrup are used
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but natural and artificial vanilla flavors aren't specified
26 g added sugar
Corn syrup
Artificial flavors
Carrageenan
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−28 for sugar, corn syrup
Varies by additive−48 for carboxymethylcellulose, carrageenan, added phosphates and 3 more
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Ingredients
Milk Cream Liquid sugar (sugar, water) Nonfat milk Corn syrup Whey Mono- and diglycerides Cellulose gum Tetrasodium pyrophosphate Natural and artificial vanilla flavors Carrageenan Caramel color Chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural vanilla extract)
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Sourcing

🍨 Freeze-Dried Ice Cream (Bits) – Chocolate Chip. Real Ice Cream That Never Melts. Vanilla and real chocolate chips. No freezer required, ready to eat. Real ice cream, vanilla, with real chocolate chips, freeze-dried into a crisp, airy bite that melts back into cream on your tongue. The chips stay firmer than everything around them, so every bite has two textures in it. Freeze-drying pulls the moisture out while the ice cream is still frozen, so the flavor and the creaminess stay exactly where they were. What changes is the texture:

Additives8 additives · 4 moderate risk
Carboxymethylcellulose (cellulose gum) (E466)ThickenerModerate risk
Changed gut bacteria in mice and, in a small 2022 human study, altered the gut microbiome.
Carrageenan (E407)ThickenerModerate risk
Caused gut inflammation in some animal and cell studies; EFSA (2018) kept it approved but asked for more data.
Added phosphates (E339–E343, E450–E452)StabiliserModerate risk
Absorbed more readily than natural phosphorus; high intakes are linked to kidney and heart risks, and EFSA set a limit in 2019.
Artificial flavoursFlavouringModerate risk
Undisclosed synthetic compounds; the FDA delisted seven synthetic flavours in 2018 after cancer findings in animals.
Caramel colour (E150)ColourLimited risk
Some types (E150c, E150d) can contain 4-MEI, which IARC lists as possibly carcinogenic (Group 2B); levels are regulated.
Mono- and diglycerides (E471)EmulsifierLimited risk
Can carry traces of trans fat; a 2023 French cohort study associated higher intake with heart disease.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Lecithin (E322)EmulsifierNo risk
From soy or sunflower; a natural emulsifier EFSA considers safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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