Avoid

Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan

by Cedar Crest Specialties Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0020652004959 · Cedar Crest Specialties Inc. · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0020652004959 · Serving size 0.5 cup (63 g)

The verdict

Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan by Cedar Crest Specialties Inc. scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Nonfat Milk, Buttermilk, Cream. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 22 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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

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.

52004959 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 41% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Nissin, chow noodles, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …004959 · July 2026

11 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 52004959 · 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: Nissin, chow noodles, cheddar cheese · Nearest score peer is Nissin, chow noodles, cheddar cheese 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.

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. Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Gustafson's, Ice Cream, N…35/1002. Nissin, chow noodles, cheddar cheese: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Nissin, chow noodles, che…35/1003. Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Blue Ribbon Classics, Red…35/1004. Strawberry Shortcake: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Strawberry Shortcake35/1005. Strawberry Shortcake: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Strawberry Shortcake35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan (35/100 on 22 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan
35/100
Nissin, chow noodles, cheddar cheese
35/100
Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae
35/100
Strawberry Shortcake
35/100
Strawberry Shortcake
35/100

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. Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan scores 57.9 points below that category average (35/100 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

Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 59th percentile a longer ingredient list than 59% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 22 (59th 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Nonfat Milk
2
Buttermilk
3
Cream
4
Sugar. Corn Syrup
5
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
6
Organic Cocoa
7
Guar Gum
8
Mono & Diglycerides
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
Natural Flavors
13
Gum Tragacanth
14
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
15
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Natural & Artificial Flavors
17
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
18
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
19
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
22
Color

Full Ingredient List

Nonfat milk, buttermilk, cream, sugar. corn syrup, whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), guar gum, mono & diglycerides, xanthan gum, polysorbate 80, carrageenan, natural flavors, gum tragacanth, citric acid, high fructose corn syrup, natural & artificial flavors, caramel color, blue 1, red 40, salt, annatto (color).

Other products containing Sugar. Corn Syrup

Sugar. Corn Syrup is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan

Neighbours outside Cedar Crest Specialties Inc. in the same lower screening band as Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cedar Crest Specialties Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan'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 0020652004959: 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.