Avoid

Light ice cream

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110529381 · Kroger · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110529381 · Serving size 0.5 cup (70 g)

The verdict

Light ice cream by Kroger scores 5/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 38-component record, beginning with Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

5/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 38 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

15/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

5/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10529381 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Light ice cream label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 5/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Diet Soda · ±0 BOOK-OFF …529381 · July 2026

13 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 10529381 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Diet Soda · Nearest score peer is Diet Soda at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Light ice cream: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Light ice cream5/1002. Diet Soda: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Diet Soda5/1003. Calorie free super citrus flavored diet soda, citrus: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Calorie free super citrus…5/1004. Carrot Pound Cake: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Carrot Pound Cake5/1005. Roundy's, instant pudding and pie filling, vanilla: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Roundy's, instant pudding…5/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Light ice cream (5/100 on 38 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Light ice cream
5/100
Diet Soda
5/100
Calorie free super citrus flavored diet soda, citrus
5/100
Carrot Pound Cake
5/100
Roundy's, instant pudding and pie filling, vanilla
5/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Light ice cream scores 87.9 points below that category average (5/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Light ice cream lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 38 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 5/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
4
Cream
5
Buttermilk
6
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Blueberry
8
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Lemon Juice Concentrate
10
Natural And Artificial Flavor
11
Propylene Glycol Monoesters
12
Guar Gum
13
Mono-& Diglycerides
14
Cellulose Gum
15
Locust Beans Gum
16
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
17
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
19
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
20
Cellulose Gel
21
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
22
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Pomegranate Swirl-sugar
24
Water
25
Pomegranate Juice Concentrate
26
Beet Juice Concentrate
27
For Color
28
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
29
Flavoring
30
Dark Chocolate Heart Pieces - Sugar
31
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
32
Cocoa Process With Alkali
33
Organic Cocoa
34
Butter Fat
35
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
36
Soy Lecithin
37
Emulsifier
38
Natural Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Milk, sugar, corn syrup, cream, buttermilk, high fructose corn syrup, blueberry, whey protein concentrate, lemon juice concentrate, natural and artificial flavor, propylene glycol monoesters, guar gum, mono-& diglycerides, cellulose gum, locust beans gum, red 3, blue 2, red 40, blue 1, cellulose gel, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate, pomegranate swirl-sugar, water, pomegranate juice concentrate, beet juice concentrate (for color), lemon juice concentrate, pectin , natural flavoring, dark chocolate heart pieces - sugar, coconut oil, cocoa process with alkali, natural cocoa, butter fat, salt, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural flavor.

Other products containing Cocoa Process With Alkali

Cocoa Process With Alkali is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Light ice cream

Neighbours outside Kroger in the same lower screening band as Light ice cream (5/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light ice cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Light ice cream's 5 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110529381: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.