Avoid

Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry

by Valu Time

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011225071294 · Valu Time · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011225071294 · Serving size 0.5 cup (85 g)

The verdict

Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry by Valu Time scores 5/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

5/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 29 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

5/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

25071294 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 5/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 41% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Decorating Ghosts & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …071294 · July 2026

12 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 25071294 · 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: Decorating Ghosts & Bats Edible Confetti · Nearest score peer is Decorating Ghosts & Bats Edible Confetti 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Valu time, rainbow sherbe…5/1002. Decorating Ghosts & Bats Edible Confetti: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Decorating Ghosts & Bats …5/1003. Instant Pudding: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Instant Pudding5/1004. Hannaford, diet soda, mountain lion: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hannaford, diet soda, mou…5/1005. Diet soda: 5/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Diet soda5/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry (5/100 on 29 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry
5/100
Decorating Ghosts & Bats Edible Confetti
5/100
Instant Pudding
5/100
Hannaford, diet soda, mountain lion
5/100
Diet soda
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. Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry 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

Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 29 (78th 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 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
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
Milk Product
6
Skim Milk
7
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
8
Raspberry Juice Concentrate
9
Orange Juice Concentrate
10
Lime Juice Concentrate
11
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Natural Orange Flavors
13
Lime Oil And Other Citrus Oils
14
Buttermilk
15
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
16
Guar Gum
17
Mono And Diglycerides
18
Locust Bean Gum
19
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
20
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
21
Standardized With Dextrose
22
Gum Tragacanth
23
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
24
Preservative
25
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
26
Natural & Artificial Flavors Red 40
27
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
28
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Water, sugar, corn syrup, cream (milk product), skim milk, whey (milk product), raspberry juice concentrate, orange juice concentrate, lime juice concentrate, high fructose corn syrup, natural orange flavors, lime oil and other citrus oils, buttermilk, citric acid, guar gum,mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, pectin, standardized with dextrose, gum tragacanth, sodium benzoate (preservative), tbhq (to preserve freshness), natural & artificial flavors red 40, blue 1, yellow 5, yellow 6.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry

Neighbours outside Valu Time in the same lower screening band as Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry (5/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Valu Time; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Valu time, rainbow sherbet ice cream, orange, lime & raspberry'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 0011225071294: 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.