Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000444591 · Betty Crocker · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet by Betty Crocker scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Sugar, Palm Oil, Water; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 75/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 15 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
45/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
75/100
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.
00444591 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet label screening desk
6 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 00444591 · 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: Fiber One, Streusel Bar, Blueberry, Blueberry · Nearest score peer is Fiber One, Streusel Bar, Blueberry, Blueberry 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
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. Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet scores 15.9 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 90.9/100), 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 Cooking helpers products
Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet lists 15 ingredients on its label
15 55th percentile a longer ingredient list than 55% of the 1,898 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 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%)
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- 51 products (3%)
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- 42 products (2%)
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- 30 products (2%)
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- 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
How the 75/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 15 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Sugar, Palm Oil, Water, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, Canola Oil. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Distilled Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Artificial Color, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Red 40, Citric Acid. Freshness Preserved By Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate.
Other products containing High Maltose Corn Syrup
High Maltose Corn Syrup is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 136 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Betty Crocker
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet
Neighbours outside Betty Crocker near Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Betty Crocker; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 15 on 0016000444591).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (15 on 0016000444591).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
- Compare Frosting, Raspberry Sherbet's 1 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 0016000444591: 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.