Ben & Jerry's
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Ben & Jerry's, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Ben & Jerry's averages 96.1/100 across the 118 of 160 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 74.6% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 96.1/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 118 scored products
- 160
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 74.6%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 100%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 160 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Topped Whiskey Biz; Ben & jerry's, cookie core, ice cream, spectacular speculoos; Ben & jerry's, ice cream, bourbon pecan pie; 74.6% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 96.1/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 118 of 160 tracked Ben & Jerry's records (73.8%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 42 cannot be screened, so the 96.1/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Ben & Jerry's
Ben & Jerry's: 160 products tracked, 118 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 96.1/100, 74.6% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 73.8% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Ben & Jerry's's 74.6% flagged share is 56.6 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Ben & Jerry's processing intensity
Ben & Jerry's's NOVA-classified set is 118 products: 100% ultra-processed (Group 4, 118 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 118. That ultra-processed share sits 21.7 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
- G1
- 0
- G2
- 0
- G3
- 0
- G4 ultra
- 118 (100%)
Shelf mix
Where Ben & Jerry's shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Ben & Jerry's concentrates in Desserts (91, 88% of this top-five); Dairies (8); Plant-based foods and beverages (2); Cookie-dough (1); Snacks (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desserts | 90 | 95.6/100 | 82.2% |
| Dairies | 8 | 96.3/100 | 75% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Ben & Jerry's's 74.6% flagged share is measured across 118 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Ben & Jerry's flagged share vs large-brand cohort
74.6% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
75% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
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- 20%–30%
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- 30%–40%
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- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (96.1/100) summarizes 118 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Ben & Jerry's product score distribution
Brand average 96.1/100 across 118 scored products
96 37th percentile sits above 37% of the 118 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 90–100
- 88 scored products (75%)
- 100 and above
- 30 scored products (25%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Ben & Jerry's relies most on Carrageenan, an industry staple
Across the 118 Ben & Jerry's products scored here, Carrageenan appears in 88. It is used by 2,390 other brands in this database (6.8% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Ben & Jerry's products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 88 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Ben & Jerry's records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (24 ingredients and 95/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 24 ingredients
- Median score
- 95/100
The outlined point is Topped Whiskey Biz, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (2). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Topped Whiskey Biz: 29 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Ben & jerry's, cookie core, ice cream, spectacular speculoos: 29 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Ben & jerry's, ice cream, bourbon pecan pie: 23 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Coffee caramel fudge non-dairy frozen dessert: 27 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Dairy coconut layer frozen dessert: 33 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Chocolate Fudge Brownie: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Core Ice Cream: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ice Cream, Vanilla Caramel Fudge: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake: 34 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pint slices ice cream bars, cherry garcia: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Minter wonderland dark chocolate mint ice cream: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Wake & no bake cookie core ice cream: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Core Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Gimme S'more!: 29 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- The Tonight Dough: 36 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate Caramel Cookie Dough: 22 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Salted Caramel Brownie: 26 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pb over the top: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Rose's Batch Doggie Desserts: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ben & Jerry's Topped Dirt Cake: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Lights! Caramel! Action!: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Coffee & Fudge Chip: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ben & Jerry’s Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Fudgy Flan: 28 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pumpkin cheesecake ice cream: 33 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ben & Jerry's Milk and cookies pt: 26 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Boston cream pie ice cream with yellow cake pieces, fudge flakes & swirls of pastry cream: 29 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Mint Chocolate Cookie: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ben & jerry's, ice cream, vanilla toffee bar crunch: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Coffee toffee bar crunch ice cream with fudge-covered toffee pieces, coffee toffee bar crunch: 22 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chubby Hubby: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- New York Super Fudge Chunk: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Cherry Garcia Cherry Ice Cream with Cherries & Fudge Flakes: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chunky Monkey: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate Fudge Brownie Chocolate Ice Cream with Fudge Brownies: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Cherry garcia froyo cherry frozen yogurt with cherries & fudge flakes, cherry garcia froyo: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- ben amd jerrys ice cream: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Caramel ice cream with a swirl of caramel & fudge-covered caramel chunks, triple caramel chunk: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Peanut Butter Cup: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Phish Food Ice Cream: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pistachio Pistachio Pistachio Ice Cream with Lightly Roasted Pistachios: 12 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ben & jerry's, ice cream, cheesecake brownie: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Half Baked: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Everything But The...: 28 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Phish Food Froyo: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ben & jerry's, ice cream, cake batter: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Caramel Sutra: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Ben & jerry's, ice cream, s'mores: 30 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Banana Split Ice Cream: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Ben & Jerry's
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 110 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Ben & Jerry's: closest on tracked product count (160 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (96.1/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ben & Jerry's food safe? ▼
Ben & Jerry's has an average safety score of 96/100 across the 118 of 160 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 74.6% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Ben & Jerry's products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 160 Ben & Jerry's products. 118 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 42 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Ben & Jerry's catalog? ▼
Ben & Jerry's has 118 NOVA-classified products; 100% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 118 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Ben & Jerry's catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Ben & Jerry's concentrates in Desserts (91, 88% of this top-five); Dairies (8); Plant-based foods and beverages (2); Cookie-dough (1); Snacks (1).
Does Ben & Jerry's use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Ben & Jerry's items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Ben & Jerry's profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Topped Whiskey Biz, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Carrageenan appears in 88 scored Ben & Jerry's products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Ben & Jerry's's 96.1/100 average and 74.6% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
