Blue Bunny
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Blue Bunny, 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
Blue Bunny averages 73.6/100 across the 266 of 307 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 91.4% 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.
- 73.6/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 266 scored products
- 307
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 91.4%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 98.9%
- 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 307 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Birthday party mini swirls; Frozen Confection With Gumball Eye; Premium ice cream; 91.4% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 73.6/100. 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.
| Signal | Blue Bunny | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 73.6/100 | Mid-range |
| Products tracked | 307 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 91.4% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Blue Bunny
Blue Bunny: 307 products tracked, 266 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 73.6/100, 91.4% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
91.4% of the scored Blue Bunny products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. That distribution is the primary finding; the average does not make those affected formulations "mostly safe." Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Blue Bunny sits 19.2 points below that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Blue Bunny's 91.4% flagged share is 73.4 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Blue Bunny processing intensity
Blue Bunny's NOVA-classified set is 266 products: 98.9% ultra-processed (Group 4, 263 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 263. That ultra-processed share sits 20.6 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Blue Bunny shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Blue Bunny concentrates in Desserts (255, 100% of this top-five); Frozen-desserts-ice-cream (1).
- Desserts 255
- Frozen-desserts-ice-cream 1
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Blue Bunny's 91.4% flagged share is measured across 266 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.
Blue Bunny flagged share vs large-brand cohort
91.4% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
91% 68th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 68% 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%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 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 (73.6/100) summarizes 266 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.
Blue Bunny product score distribution
Brand average 73.6/100 across 266 scored products
74 35th percentile sits above 35% of the 266 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
- 0–10
- 13 scored products (5%)
- 10–20
- 7 scored products (3%)
- 20–30
- 8 scored products (3%)
- 30–40
- 4 scored products (2%)
- 40–50
- 34 scored products (13%)
- 50–60
- 5 scored products (2%)
- 60–70
- 17 scored products (6%)
- 70–80
- 10 scored products (4%)
- 80–90
- 6 scored products (2%)
- 90–100
- 139 scored products (52%)
- 100 and above
- 23 scored products (9%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Blue Bunny relies most on Carrageenan, an industry staple
Across the 266 Blue Bunny products scored here, Carrageenan appears in 230. 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 | Blue Bunny products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 230 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Caramel Coloring | 69 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Red 40 | 59 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 58 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 35 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sucralose | 33 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Polysorbate 80 | 32 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 30 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
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 Blue Bunny 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 (33 ingredients and 30/100) 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
- 33 ingredients
- Median score
- 30/100
The outlined point is Birthday party mini swirls, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (8). 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
- Birthday party mini swirls: 41 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Frozen Confection With Gumball Eye: 29 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Premium ice cream: 27 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Premium ice cream: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Chocolate Donut Ice Cream, Chocolate Donut: 47 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Cake & frosting flavored ice creams confetti candies, cake pieces, blu's birthday party: 41 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Blue bunny, premium ice cream, birthday party: 38 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Ice cream: 41 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Ice cream: 39 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Light ice cream: 48 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 6 flagged.
- Light ice cream: 48 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 6 flagged.
- Fat free ice cream: 41 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 6 flagged.
- Birthday party birthday cake flavored reduced fat ice cream with swirls of blue frosting & colorful confetti sprinkles layered between two vanilla flavored wafers sandwiches: 46 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Cake & frosting flavored ice creams confetti candies cake pieces: 43 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Peppermint party ice cream fudge swirls filled red and green bunnies, peppermint party: 37 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Sweet Freedom, Light Ice Cream, Mint Chocolate Chip: 28 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Mint light ice cream: 29 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Light ice cream, mint chocolate chip: 29 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Light Ice Cream: 30 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Blue bunny, fat free ice cream, vanilla: 20 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 5 flagged.
- Rainbow Fat Free Sherbet Cups: 21 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Light Ice Cream, Red Carpet Red Velvet Cake: 33 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice cream: 30 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Blue bunny, premium ice cream, holi-doodle christmas cookie: 39 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Snickerdoodle Sleigh Ride Sugar Cookie Flavored Ice Cream; Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough; Cinnamon Graham And Red Icing Swirls; Green Sugar Sprinkles; Snickerdoodle Cookie Pieces; Red & Green Candy Bunnies, Snickerdoodle Sleigh Ride: 49 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice Cream: 31 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Cherry chocolate chunk ice cream, cherry chocolate chunk: 31 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Cherry chocolate chunk ice cream, cherry chocolate chunk: 31 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Blue bunny, premium ice cream, bordeaux cherry chocolate: 29 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Strawberry Shortcake Bar: 38 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice Cream Bars, Strawberry Shortcake: 37 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Blue bunny, sweet freedom, light ice cream, cherry vanilla: 24 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Blue bunny, reduced fat icecream cones, caramel, caramel: 39 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Banana split light ice cream, banana split: 41 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Cherry nut reduced fat ice cream, cherry nut: 25 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Light ice cream, mint chip: 24 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Neapolitan reduced fat ice cream, neapolitan: 24 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Reduced Fat Ice Cream: 31 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Sweet freedom banana split: 49 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Light ice cream: 28 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Reduced Fat Ice Cream: 33 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts: 49 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Light ice cream, cherry vanilla: 28 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Double strawberry swirl reduced fat ice cream, double strawberry swirl: 33 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice Cream: 31 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Creamy caramel reduced fat ice cream with caramel sauce in a sugar cone dipped in chocolate flavored coating topped with peanuts, creamy caramel: 39 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Fat free ice cream: 38 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice cream: 41 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 4 flagged.
- Fat free ice cream: 15 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 4 flagged.
- Fat free ice cream: 36 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 4 flagged.
Products by Blue Bunny
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 257 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 Blue Bunny: closest on tracked product count (307 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (73.6/100 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 Blue Bunny food safe? ▼
Blue Bunny has an average safety score of 74/100 across the 266 of 307 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 91.4% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Blue Bunny products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 307 Blue Bunny products. 266 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 41 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Blue Bunny catalog? ▼
Blue Bunny has 266 NOVA-classified products; 98.9% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 263 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Blue Bunny catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Blue Bunny concentrates in Desserts (255, 100% of this top-five); Frozen-desserts-ice-cream (1).
Does Blue Bunny use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Blue Bunny 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 Blue Bunny 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 Birthday party mini swirls, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (8) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Carrageenan appears in 230 scored Blue Bunny products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Blue Bunny's 73.6/100 average and 91.4% 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.
