Avoid

Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars

by Good Humor

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041000053153 · Good Humor · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041000053153 · Serving size 1 portion (57 g)

The verdict

Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars by Good Humor scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Nonfat Milk, Cake Crunch, Bleached Wheat Flour. 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 30 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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

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.

00053153 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Wish-bone, vinaigrette dressing, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …053153 · July 2026

10 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 00053153 · 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: Wish-bone, vinaigrette dressing, raspberry hazelnut · Nearest score peer is Wish-bone, vinaigrette dressing, raspberry hazelnut 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. Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Frozen Strawberry Shortca…45/1002. Wish-bone, vinaigrette dressing, raspberry hazelnut: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Wish-bone, vinaigrette dr…45/1003. Light vinaigrette dressing: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Light vinaigrette dressing45/1004. Cheddar Bacon Ranch Dressing: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cheddar Bacon Ranch Dress…45/1005. Gourmet Cupcake: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Gourmet Cupcake45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars (45/100 on 30 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars
45/100
Wish-bone, vinaigrette dressing, raspberry hazelnut
45/100
Light vinaigrette dressing
45/100
Cheddar Bacon Ranch Dressing
45/100
Gourmet Cupcake
45/100

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. Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars scores 47.9 points below that category average (45/100 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

Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 30 (79th 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 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 30 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Nonfat Milk
2
Cake Crunch
3
Bleached Wheat Flour
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Palm Oil
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Baking Soda
8
Artificial Flavor
9
Soybean Oil
10
Fd&c Red 40 Lake
11
Soy Lecithin
12
Water
13
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
14
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
16
Strawberry Puree
17
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
18
Organic Coconut
19
Mono And Diglycerides
20
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
21
Guar Gum
22
Natural And Artificial Flavors
23
Locust Bean Gum
24
Tara Gum
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
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
27
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
28
Caramel Color.
29
Milk
30
Soy And Wheat.

Full Ingredient List

NONFAT MILK, CAKE CRUNCH (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, PALM OIL, SALT, BAKING SODA, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOYBEAN OIL, FD&C RED 40 LAKE, SOY LECITHIN), WATER, CORN SYRUP, SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, COCONUT OIL, LESS THAN 2% OF: WATER, STRAWBERRY PUREE, WHEY, COCONUT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID, GUAR GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, LOCUST BEAN GUM, TARA GUM,RED 40, SALT, POLYSORBATE 80, RED 3, CARAMEL COLOR. _CONTAINS COCONUT, MILK, SOY AND WHEAT._

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Strawberry-shortcake-dessert-bars

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars

Neighbours outside Good Humor in the same lower screening band as Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Good Humor; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars's 3 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 0041000053153: 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.