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Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream

by Friendly's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0029839000456 · Friendly's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0029839000456 · Serving size 1 SUNDAE (127 g)

The verdict

Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream by Friendly's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 13 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 61-component record, beginning with Milk, Skim Milk, Sugar. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
13
Many flagged · of 61 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

39000456 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 13 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Green 3 PHOTO-FINISH Dessert roll, jubilee · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000456 · July 2026

29 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Green 3). Source sheet 39000456 · 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: Dessert roll, jubilee roll, ice cream roll · Nearest score peer is Dessert roll, jubilee roll, ice cream roll 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.

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. Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Friendly's, jim dandy, su…0/1002. Dessert roll, jubilee roll, ice cream roll: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Dessert roll, jubilee rol…0/1003. Ice Cream Cake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Ice Cream Cake0/1004. Macaroni & Cheese Dinner: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Macaroni & Cheese Dinner0/1005. Dairy Dessert Bars: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Dairy Dessert Bars0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream (0/100 on 61 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream
0/100
Dessert roll, jubilee roll, ice cream roll
0/100
Ice Cream Cake
0/100
Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
0/100
Dairy Dessert Bars
0/100

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. Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream scores 92.9 points below that category average (0/100 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

Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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: 61 (99th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (13 flagged of 61 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk
2
Skim Milk
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Cream
5
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
6
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Walnuts
8
Bananas
9
Strawberry Puree
10
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
11
Whey Buttermilk
12
Vegetable Oil Shortening With Soy Lecithin
13
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel
14
Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
15
Organic Cocoa
16
Cornstarch-modified
17
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Palm Kernel
19
Palm Oil
20
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
21
Natural Flavor
22
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
23
Rice Flour
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
Beet Juice
26
For Color
27
Guar Gum
28
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
29
Food Starch-modified
30
Mono And Diglycerides
31
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
32
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
34
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
35
Sodium Citrate
36
Soy Protein Concentrate
37
Artificial Flavor
38
Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Approved
39
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
40
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
41
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
42
Artificial Colors
43
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
44
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
45
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
46
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
47
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
48
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
49
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
50
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
51
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
52
Red 3f
53
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
54
Green 3
Caution Approved (certified color)
55
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
56
Flaked Corn
57
Carnauba Wax
58
Confectioner's Glaze
59
Gum Arabic
60
Gum Tragacanth
61
Cellulose Gum

Full Ingredient List

Milk, skim milk, sugar, cream, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, walnuts, bananas, strawberry puree, whey protein concentrate, whey buttermilk, vegetable oil shortening with soy lecithin (partially hydrogenated palm kernel, soybean and cottonseed oils), cocoa (processed with alkali), cornstarch-modified, cornstarch, palm kernel and/or palm oil, dextrose, natural flavor, xanthan gum, rice flour,sodium caseinate, beet juice (for color), guar gum, citric acid, food starch-modified, mono and diglycerides, titanium dioxide, salt, modified cellulose, polysorbate 60, sodium citrate, soy protein concentrate, artificial flavor, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, pectin, phosphoric acid, carrageenan, artificial colors (red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, blue 2 lake, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, red 3f, blue 2, green 3)*, dextrin, flaked corn, carnauba wax, confectioner's glaze, gum arabic, gum tragacanth, cellulose gum.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream

Neighbours outside Friendly's in the same lower screening band as Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Friendly's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Green 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 61-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Green 3. Open Green 3
  • Compare Friendly's, jim dandy, sundae ice cream's 13 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 0029839000456: 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.