Caution

Monster Cookie Ice Cream

by Signature Select

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130176601 · Signature Select · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130176601 · Serving size 2/3 cup, 93g

The verdict

Monster Cookie Ice Cream by Signature Select scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Skim Milk, Cream Sugar, Peanut Butter Base. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 47 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

30176601 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Monster Cookie Ice Cream label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Signature kitchens, enriched · ±0 BOOK-OFF …176601 · July 2026

12 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 30176601 · 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: Signature kitchens, enriched wheat bread, buttermilk · Nearest score peer is Signature kitchens, enriched wheat bread, buttermilk 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.

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.

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. Monster Cookie Ice Cream: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Monster Cookie Ice Cream70/1002. Signature kitchens, enriched wheat bread, buttermilk: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Signature kitchens, enric…70/1003. Enriched Bread, Nut & Grain: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Enriched Bread, Nut & Gra…70/1004. Genoa Salame, Provolone Cheese & Breadstick Snack Pack: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Genoa Salame, Provolone C…70/1005. Genoa salami & provolone cheese snack pack, genoa salami & provolone: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Genoa salami & provolone …70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Monster Cookie Ice Cream (70/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Monster Cookie Ice Cream
70/100
Signature kitchens, enriched wheat bread, buttermilk
70/100
Enriched Bread, Nut & Grain
70/100
Genoa Salame, Provolone Cheese & Breadstick Snack Pack
70/100
Genoa salami & provolone cheese snack pack, genoa salami & provolone
70/100

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. Monster Cookie Ice Cream scores 22.9 points below that category average (70/100 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

Monster Cookie Ice Cream lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 47 (97th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Cream Sugar
3
Peanut Butter Base
4
Peanuts
5
Peanut Oil
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
6
Sugar Salt
7
Sandwich Cookie Swirl
8
Hydrox Cookies
9
Enriched Wheat Flour
10
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Reduced Iron
12
Thiamin Mononitrate
13
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Soybean And Palm Oil
17
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
18
Or Less Of High Fructose Corn Syrup
19
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
20
Natural Chocolate
21
Salt Dextrose
22
Baking Soda
23
Soy Lecithin
24
Whey Powdered Sugar
25
Canola Oil
26
Coconut Oil Soybean Lecithin
27
Mono & Diglycerides Natural Flavors
28
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
29
Milk Chocolate Pieces
30
Milk Chocolate
31
Cocoa Butter
32
Chocolate Liquor
33
Whole Milk Powder
34
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
35
Vanilla
36
Less Than 1% Of Yellow 5 & 6
37
Blue 1&2
38
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Gum Acacia
40
Carnauba Wax
41
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
42
Or Less Of Mono & Diglycerides
43
Guar Gum
44
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
45
Locust Bean Gum
46
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
47
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

Full Ingredient List

SKIM MILK, CREAM SUGAR, PEANUT BUTTER BASE (PEANUTS, PEANUT OIL, SUGAR SALT), SANDWICH COOKIE SWIRL (HYDROX COOKIES (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, SUGAR, SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CHOCOLATE, SALT DEXTROSE, BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY POWDERED SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, COCONUT OIL SOYBEAN LECITHIN, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES NATURAL FLAVORS, CORN SYRUP, MILK CHOCOLATE PIECES (MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, WHOLE MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, VANILLA) SUGAR, LESS THAN 1% OF YELLOW 5 & 6, BLUE 1&2, RED 40, GUM ACACIA, CORN SYRUP, CARNAUBA WAX), WHEY, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM SULFATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, DEXTROSE.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice creams and sorbets Ice creams

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Monster Cookie Ice Cream

Neighbours outside Signature Select near Monster Cookie Ice Cream's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Signature Select; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Monster Cookie Ice Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Monster Cookie Ice Cream's 2 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 0021130176601: 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.