Safe

Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count

by General Mills

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000149021 · General Mills · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000149021 · Serving size 1 pouch mix + 1 pouch topping (63 g) (63 g)

The verdict

Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count by General Mills scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Sugar, Corn Starch, Water. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00149021 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Gellan Gum PHOTO-FINISH Brownie Cheesecake Swirl · ±0 BOOK-OFF …149021 · July 2026

11 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Gellan Gum). Source sheet 00149021 · 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: Brownie Cheesecake Swirl · Nearest score peer is Brownie Cheesecake Swirl at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Betty Crocker Key Lime Mo…100/1002. Brownie Cheesecake Swirl: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Brownie Cheesecake Swirl100/1003. Mug cake Hot fudge brownie mix with fudge topping: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mug cake Hot fudge browni…100/1004. Peanut Butter Chocolate Naturally Flavored Wafer Bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Peanut Butter Chocolate N…100/1005. Nature Valley Crispy Creamy Wafer Peanut Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nature Valley Crispy Crea…100/100
High-band neighbours for Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count (100/100) outside General Mills.
Chart values as text

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

Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count
100/100
Brownie Cheesecake Swirl
100/100
Mug cake Hot fudge brownie mix with fudge topping
100/100
Peanut Butter Chocolate Naturally Flavored Wafer Bars
100/100
Nature Valley Crispy Creamy Wafer Peanut Butter
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count scores 9.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Cooking helpers products

Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 39 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 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 1,898 Cooking helpers 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

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Corn Starch
3
Water
4
Dried Cream Cheese
5
Milk
6
Cream
7
Cheese Cultures
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Carob Bean Gum
10
Vegetable Oil
11
Palm Kernel
12
Canola
13
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
14
Corn Syrup Solids
15
Buttermilk
16
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
17
Lime Juice Concentrate
18
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
19
Milkfat
20
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
21
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
22
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
23
Lime Juice Solids
24
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Acetylated Monoglycerides
26
Mono And Diglycerides
27
Microcrystalline Cellulose
28
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
30
Lemon Juice Concentrate
31
Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose
32
Locust Bean Gum
33
Nonfat Milk
34
Sodium Phosphate
35
Natural Flavor
36
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
37
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
38
Color
39
Blue 1 And Other Color Added

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, modified corn starch, water, dried cream cheese (milk, cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum), vegetable oil (palm kernel, canola), dextrose, corn syrup solids, buttermilk, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of: lime juice concentrate, lactose, milkfat, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, citric acid, salt, propylene glycol monostearate, lime juice solids, sodium caseinate, acetylated monoglycerides, mono and diglycerides, microcrystalline cellulose, wheat starch, gellan gum, lemon juice concentrate, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, locust bean gum, nonfat milk, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, xanthan gum, lactic acid, color (blue 1 and other color added).

Categories

Cooking helpers

High-score cross-brand comparables for Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count

Neighbours outside General Mills with screening scores in the same high band as Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within General Mills; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Cooking helpers category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0016000149021: 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.