Avoid

Whipped Pistachio Frosting

by Pillsbury

Scores 40/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with 4 flagged ingredients identified.

Barcode 0013300608845 · Serving size 2 tbsp (24 g)

The verdict

Whipped Pistachio Frosting by Pillsbury scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Palm Oil, Water. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
flagged ingredients of 29 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0013300608845
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

00608845 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Whipped Pistachio Frosting label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Half & Half · ±0 BOOK-OFF …608845 · July 2026

Whipped Pistachio Frosting screens 40/100 with 4 flagged of 29 parsed ingredients. 10 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Derived index from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data — not an official FDA rating; see methodology. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Half & Half Iced Tea Lemonade (0 pts).

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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Whipped Pistachio Frosting40/1002. Half & Half Iced Tea Lemo…40/1003. Tgi fridays, crumb crust …40/1004. Gum Spring Edition Sugar …40/1005. Chewing Gum40/100
Nearest cross-brand products by ingredient screening score for Whipped Pistachio Frosting (40/100 here).
Chart values as text

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

Whipped Pistachio Frosting
40/100
Half & Half Iced Tea Lemon…
40/100
Tgi fridays, crumb crust m…
40/100
Gum Spring Edition Sugar F…
40/100
Chewing Gum
40/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Whipped Pistachio Frosting lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,017 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,515 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 30,975 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,947 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,570 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,866 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,397 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,399 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,531 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,104 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,716 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,256 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,853 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,356 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,948 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 6,771 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,945 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,283 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,549 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,084 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,310 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 29 (85th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,017 products (2%)
2–4
24,515 products (7%)
4–6
30,975 products (9%)
6–8
30,947 products (9%)
8–10
31,570 products (9%)
10–12
29,866 products (8%)
12–14
28,397 products (8%)
14–16
27,399 products (8%)
16–18
24,531 products (7%)
18–20
19,104 products (5%)
20–22
14,716 products (4%)
22–24
12,256 products (3%)
24–26
10,853 products (3%)
26–28
9,356 products (3%)
28–30
7,948 products (2%)
30–32
6,771 products (2%)
32–34
5,945 products (2%)
34–36
5,283 products (1%)
36–38
4,549 products (1%)
38–40
4,084 products (1%)
40 and above
24,310 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Palm Oil
3
Water
4
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
5
Canola
6
Soybean Oil
7
Corn Starch
8
Artificial Color
9
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
10
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
11
Blue 1 Mono-and Diglycerides
12
Corn Starch
13
Natural Flavor
14
Cellulose Gel
15
Salt Propylene Glycol Monostearate
16
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
17
Distilled Monoglycerides
18
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
19
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Preservative
21
Cellulose Gum
22
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
23
Antioxidants
24
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
25
Ascorbyl Palmitate
ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
26
Mixed Tocopherols
27
Chamomile And Rosemary Extracts
28
Total Sugars
29
Soybean Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

sugar, palm oil, water, corn syrup, canola and/or soybean oil, corn starch, contains 2% or less of: artificial color (including red 40, yellow 5, blue 1 mono-and diglycerides, modified corn starch, natural flavor, cellulose gel, salt propylene glycol monostearate, carrageenan, distilled monoglycerides, polysorbate 80, potassium sorbate (preservative), cellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, antioxidants (citric acid, ascorbyl palmitate, mixed tocopherols, chamomile and rosemary extracts). total sugars contains soybean ingredients.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Whipped Pistachio Frosting

Neighbours outside Pillsbury in the same lower screening band as Whipped Pistachio Frosting (40/100). The More-from block above stays brand-local.

Barcode 0013300608845: 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.