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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream PB Over the Top Topped, 15.2 oz
Frozen Foods
📊 NOVA 4🌾 Gluten-Free

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream PB Over the Top Topped, 15.2 oz

Ben & Jerry's
16 foz
Available at Foodtown
430
Calories
8g
Protein
32g
Sugars
120mg
Sodium
3g
Fiber
34
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Ben & Jerry's PB Over the Top Topped is a pint-sized extravagance you’ll find in the supermarket freezer aisle alongside other premium ice creams and specialty frozen novelties. Packaged in the brand’s signature paperboard pint with colorful graphics and a plastic lid, it sits near Häagen-Dazs, Talenti novelties, and other indulgent dessert options. This product suits impulse buys for movie night, game-day spreads, or any after-dinner celebration where a rich, shareable dessert is wanted. The product’s positioning is unabashedly indulgent and playful: Ben & Jerry’s markets to millennials and Gen Z who value bold flavor, social responsibility, and nostalgic candy-driven treats; its storytelling leans on fun flavor names and ethically framed sourcing. Label cues — “non-GMO sourced ingredients,” Fairtrade-certified sugar, cocoa and vanilla, and “eggs from cage-free hens” — create a health and ethics halo without claiming organic status. The ingredient list, however, includes syrupy liquid sugar, vegetable oils, emulsifiers and stabilizers (guar gum, carrageenan, soy lecithin) and “natural flavors,” reflecting significant industrial processing. Sensory-wise, expect dense, creamy chocolate ice cream threaded with viscous peanut butter swirls, chewy chunks of peanut butter cups, and a spoonable chocolatey ganache on top; textures alternate between smooth, fudgy, and crunchy. Rituals around this pint are communal and casual: scooping straight from the tub on the couch for a movie, using it as a decadent topping for brownies, or portioning it into bowls for guests. In American grocery culture it reads as a premium comfort treat: ethically signaled but definitely an indulgence.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 0.66 cup
Servings per Container: 3
Calories430
% Daily Value*
Total Fat30g38%
Saturated Fat14g70%
Trans Fat0.5g
Cholesterol40mg13%
Sodium120mg5%
Total Carbohydrate38g14%
Dietary Fiber3g11%
Total Sugars32g
Added Sugars26g52%
Protein8g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Cream,, Liquid, Sugar, (Sugar,, Water),, Skim, Milk,, Water,, Peanuts,, Sugar,, Cocoa, (Processed, with, Alkali),, Soybean, Oil,, Coconut, Oil,, Peanut, Oil,, Cocoa,, Egg, Yolks,, Milk,, Salt,, Soy, Lecithin,, Guar, Gum,, Vanilla, Extract,, Natural, Flavor,, Carrageenan..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Peanut Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • Carrageenan - Synthetic preservative
No Seed OilNo EmulsifierNo Preservative

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (sugar syrups, emulsifiers, stabilizers, processed cocoa, vegetable oils, 'natural flavor', and candy inclusions), consistent with ultra-processed foods (NOVA 4).

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Common Questions about Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream PB Over the Top Topped, 15.2 oz

Health is a bit of a moving target, right? PB Over the Top Topped is definitely a treat rather than a health food. With 430 calories and 32 grams of sugar per serving, it's more of an indulgence than a daily snack. If you're looking for a dessert to enjoy occasionally, this could fit the bill!

Perfect For

movie-night
game-day-prep
weekend-brunch

Vibe:

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