Ice Cream
Ice Cream appears in 173 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Ice Cream appears in 173 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 173
- catalogued products
- #2,133
- usage rank of 247,206
- 47
- named brands represented
- 2%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
92.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Ice Cream as the trigger. Open records such as Blue bunny, chocolate caramel cashew; Cake Batter; Chocolate & Caramel Ice Cream Bars and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 2% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
92.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 172 of 172 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
High-volume listing for Ice Cream - usage rank #2,133
- Usage rank
- #2,133
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 14 others that also appear in exactly 173 products, listed in more products than 99.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 2%
- Averaged label depth puts Ice Cream near the top of the captured list (2% of list length, mean slot 1.7). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Ice Cream
Across the 173 products on this site that list Ice Cream, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Carrageenan shows up about 19.6x more often with Ice Cream than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Ice Cream products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 153 | 88.4% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 71 | 41% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 56 | 32.4% | 1.3% |
| Red 40 | 19 | 11% | 5.4% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 18 | 10.4% | 1.4% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Ice Cream
Products Containing Ice Cream
16 busy labels from the 173 indexed products that list Ice Cream:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acacia Fiber”)
Top-decile company for Ice Cream: 173 listings averaging 83.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Acacia Fiber; As Color; Beetroot Powder.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Ice Cream page
173 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ice Cream are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Ice Cream and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare Ice Cream with a peer such as “Acacia Fiber” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Ice Cream sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
92.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Ice Cream is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Ice Cream? ▼
Ice Cream ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,133 of 247,206), appearing in 173 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Ice Cream so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Ice Cream appears in 173 products (#2,133 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ice Cream). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.