Giani's Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream Cup

Giani's Belgian Chocolate is a 100 ml (52 g) cup of ice cream: milk solids, sugar, cocoa solids (6.6%), dark chocolate (10%), brownie (13%), chocolate fudge (18.5%) and cashew nut, with emulsifiers and stabilisers, caramel colours and sodium benzoate in the fudge. The panel is printed per 100 g.

CleanPlate scores it EC3. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 g. The C for ingredients reflects mostly refined or industrial ingredients (led by milk solids, sugar and cocoa solids), with additives that cost points: carboxymethyl cellulose, caramel colour and calcium phosphates. The 3 for risk comes mainly from saturated fat (7.8 g per 100 g) and free sugar (13 g per 100 g).

Ice cream (74%): milk solids (milk, butter, skimmed milk powder), sugar, cocoa solids (6.6%), dark chocolate (10%), vanilla flavour, brownie (13%), chocolate fudge (18.5%), cashew nut, emulsifiers (E471, E477) and stabilisers (E412, E410, E415, E466). The brownie holds flour, water, cocoa, oils, raising agents, caramel colours and a chocolate flavour; the fudge holds fresh cream, cocoa, glucose and sodium benzoate.

Per 100 g: 237 kcal, 12 g fat of which 7.8 g saturated, 13 g sugar, 3.85 g protein. The panel prints total fat as 12.00 KCAL, read as 12 g, and has no sodium, added sugar, fibre or cholesterol line, so the label loses 4 points and the score is provisional (a missing risk value never improves the risk grade). Declared energy 237 kcal is 16% above the Atwater sum (205 kcal). The sub-lists are headed Brownie (11%) and Fudge (15%) while the main list says 13% and 18.5%; the main list is used. Trans fat (0.48 g per 100 g) is not counted because milk, butter, palm oil and cream are the fats listed and none is hydrogenated.