Ice Breakers
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Ice Breakers, 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
Ice Breakers averages 25.4/100 across the 56 of 92 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 91.1% 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.
- 25.4/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 56 scored products
- 92
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 91.1%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 98.2%
- 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 92 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Ice Breakers, Ice Cubes Gum, Kiwi Watermelon, Kiwi Watermelon; Ice Cubes Sugar Free Gum, Cool Orange; Ice Cubes Gum, Spearmint; 91.1% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 25.4/100. 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 56 of 92 tracked Ice Breakers records (60.9%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 36 cannot be screened, so the 25.4/100 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 Ice Breakers
Ice Breakers: 92 products tracked, 56 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 25.4/100, 91.1% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 60.9% 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), Ice Breakers's 91.1% flagged share is 73.1 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Ice Breakers processing intensity
Ice Breakers's NOVA-classified set is 55 products: 98.2% ultra-processed (Group 4, 54 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 54. That ultra-processed share sits 19.9 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Ice Breakers shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Ice Breakers concentrates in Snacks (57, 93% of this top-five); Desserts (1); Gum (1); Plant-based foods and beverages (1); Specific products (1).
- Snacks 57
- Desserts 1
- Gum 1
- Plant-based foods and beverages 1
- Specific products 1
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Ice Breakers's 91.1% flagged share is measured across 56 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.
Ice Breakers flagged share vs large-brand cohort
91.1% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
91% 62nd percentile is at or above the flagged share of 62% 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%
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- 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 (25.4/100) summarizes 56 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.
Ice Breakers product score distribution
Brand average 25.4/100 across 56 scored products
25 62nd percentile sits above 62% of the 56 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
- 28 scored products (50%)
- 10–20
- 4 scored products (7%)
- 20–30
- 5 scored products (9%)
- 30–40
- 5 scored products (9%)
- 40–50
- 1 scored products (2%)
- 50–60
- 2 scored products (4%)
- 60–70
- 3 scored products (5%)
- 70–80
- 2 scored products (4%)
- 80–90
- 1 scored products (2%)
- 100 and above
- 5 scored products (9%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Aspartame is the flagged ingredient Ice Breakers uses most
Across the 56 Ice Breakers products scored here, Aspartame appears in 37. Only 469 other brands here use it (1.3%), which makes it a more particular choice than the flags that dominate the catalogue. 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 | Ice Breakers products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Aspartame | 37 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 1 | 34 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 28 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| BHT | 27 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 24 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 5 | 22 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sucralose | 19 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 6 | 4 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
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 Ice Breakers 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 (20 ingredients and 5/100) 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
- 20 ingredients
- Median score
- 5/100
The outlined point is Ice Breakers, Ice Cubes Gum, Kiwi Watermelon, Kiwi Watermelon, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (10). 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
- Ice Breakers, Ice Cubes Gum, Kiwi Watermelon, Kiwi Watermelon: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 10 flagged.
- Ice Cubes Sugar Free Gum, Cool Orange: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Ice Cubes Gum, Spearmint: 20 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- ICE BREAKERS ICE CUBES wintergreen: 21 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Ice Breakers IceCubes Spearmint: 20 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Ice Breakers, Ice Cubes Sugar Free Gum, Spearmint, Spearmint: 17 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Sugar Free Bubble Breeze Ice Cubes Gum, Bubble Breeze: 20 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Ice Cubes - Spearmint: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Ice cubes, bubble breeze: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Black Cherry Sugar Free Gum, Black Cherry: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Arctic Grape Ice Cubes Bag: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Ice Breakers Ice Cubes Arctic Grape Sugar Free Gum: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Ice breakers Frost: 24 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Ice breaker ice cubes peppermint: 21 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Ice breakers ice cubes Raspberry Sorbet: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Ice Breakers, Duo, Fruit + Cool, Grape Artificial Flavor, Grape Artificial Flavor: 18 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Sprakling Raspberry Lemon Seltzer: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice Breakers: 20 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Grape Ice Breakers: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Cool Lemon Ice Cubes Sugar Free Gum, Cool Lemon: 20 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice Cubes, Cool Lemon: 21 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Cinnamon Sugar Free Ice Cubes Gum, Cinnamon: 21 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice Cubes, Cinnamon: 21 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Summer Snow Cone Glitter Gum Ice Cubes, Summer Snow Cone: 22 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Flavor Shifters Wild Berry To Coolmint: 20 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice Cubes Golden Pineapple: 23 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice Cubes Sugar Free Gum: 21 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice Breakers Ice Cubes - Cinnamon: 21 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Fruit + Cool Sugar Free Mints, Strawberry: 20 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice breakers DUO: 17 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- ice breakers lemon iced tea: 37 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Duo Fruit + Cool Strawberry: 20 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Piña Colada Ice Cube Ice Breakers: 21 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice Cubes: 18 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice cubes peppermint: 20 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice Cube Cinnamon Gum: 19 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice Breakers, Mints: 10 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pina Colada Mints: 19 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice Breakers Sparkling Pineapple Mango Seltzer: 16 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice Breakers Wintergreen disc: 10 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Candy Cane Mints: 12 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- ice breakers: 38 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice breakers ice cube mint crystal: 18 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Sugar Free Spearmint Chews: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Spearmint Chews: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Ice Breakers, Sugar Free Candy, Mints, Mints: 9 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Sugar Free Mints, Coolmint: 11 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Ice Breakers Mints Cinnamon: 10 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Ice Breakers Mints: 24 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Cool Blasts Peppermint Chews: 10 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Ice Breakers
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 42 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 Ice Breakers: closest on tracked product count (92 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (25.4/100 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 Ice Breakers food safe? ▼
Ice Breakers has an average safety score of 25/100 across the 56 of 92 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 91.1% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Ice Breakers products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 92 Ice Breakers products. 56 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 36 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Ice Breakers catalog? ▼
Ice Breakers has 55 NOVA-classified products; 98.2% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 54 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Ice Breakers catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Ice Breakers concentrates in Snacks (57, 93% of this top-five); Desserts (1); Gum (1); Plant-based foods and beverages (1); Specific products (1).
Does Ice Breakers use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Ice Breakers 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 Ice Breakers 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 Ice Breakers, Ice Cubes Gum, Kiwi Watermelon, Kiwi Watermelon, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (10) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Aspartame appears in 37 scored Ice Breakers products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Ice Breakers's 25.4/100 average and 91.1% 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.
