No. 020 · Ice Cream · Added 10 Sept 2026
Kotmale Chocolate Ice Cream
Kotmale (Kotmale Dairy Products (Pvt) Ltd, York Street, Colombo 1 — a Cargills product) · No serving size stated; label gives figures per 100 g (equivalent to 174.55 ml), so the 500 ml tub holds roughly 286 g
19.4g sugar/ serving → 78% of adult daily recommended* limit186.1kcal/serving
One of the few ice creams here that splits added sugar out on the label — 14.3g of the 19.4g per 100g is added, and the rest is what comes with the milk.
Contains dairyLabel discloses the added-sugar split (14.30g added, 5.10g from milk per 100g)Uses vegetable fat alongside milk fatContains carrageenanNature-identical vanilla and chocolate flavours rather than naturalFront-of-pack traffic-light panel declares sugar 19.40g/100g, salt 0.05g/100g, fat 8.90g/100gISO 9001:2015 and ISO 22000:2018 certified facility
Per serving vs. daily recommended* limit
Total sugar19.4g / serving
sodium34.79mg / serving
Saturated fat5.12g / serving
Nutrition
| Energy | 186.1 kcal |
| Total carbohydrates | 22 g |
| Dietary fibre | 1.2 g |
| Total sugar | 19.4 g |
| — naturally occurring | 5.1 g |
| — added | 14.3 g |
| Protein | 4.5 g |
| Total fat | 8.9 g |
| — saturated | 5.12 g |
| — trans | 0 g |
| Sodium | 34.79 mg |
Ingredients worth knowing
Skimmed Milk from Fresh Cow's Milk, Sugar, Vegetable Fat, Milk Fat, Milk Solids, Cocoa Powder, Permitted Stabilizers and Emulsifiers (INS 471 – Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, INS 412 – Guar Gum, INS 466 – Cellulose Gum, INS 407 – Carrageenan), Nature Identical Vanilla and Chocolate Flavours.
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose (INS 466)
Common stabiliser/thickener. Low concern at typical food-use levels.
Vegetable Fat (unspecified)
Non-dairy fat used in place of cream or butter to cut cost and improve texture. Where the label doesn't name the oil, the saturated-fat source can't be traced; in Sri Lanka it is most often palm-based. Not a toxicity concern.
Mono- & Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (INS 471)
Common emulsifier, generally recognised as safe. Can occasionally derive from partially hydrogenated oils — worth checking if trans-fat sensitive.
Guar Gum (INS 412)
Plant-derived thickener. Well-studied, low concern at food-use levels.
Carrageenan (INS 407)
Seaweed-derived thickener. FDA/JECFA approved, but some researchers and consumer groups (CSPI) flag possible gut inflammation, especially degraded forms.