Avoid

Dessert Bar

by Good Humor

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041000054143 · Good Humor · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041000054143 · Serving size 1 BAR (74 g)

The verdict

Dessert Bar by Good Humor scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 29 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

23/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

00054143 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dessert Bar label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Splash mango peach · ±0 BOOK-OFF …054143 · July 2026

13 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 00054143 · 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: Splash mango peach · Nearest score peer is Splash mango peach 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. Dessert Bar: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dessert Bar20/1002. Splash mango peach: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Splash mango peach20/1003. Gourmet Cupcakes: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gourmet Cupcakes20/1004. Au'some, party bag pirate candy: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Au'some, party bag pirate…20/1005. Cheerwine, Soft Drink Squeeze, Citrus Blend: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheerwine, Soft Drink Squ…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Dessert Bar (20/100 on 29 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Dessert Bar
20/100
Splash mango peach
20/100
Gourmet Cupcakes
20/100
Au'some, party bag pirate candy
20/100
Cheerwine, Soft Drink Squeeze, Citrus Blend
20/100

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. Dessert Bar scores 72.9 points below that category average (20/100 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

Dessert Bar lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 29 (78th 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 29 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
Organic Coconut
7
Sodium Metabisulfite To Protect Quality
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
10
Artificial Flavor
11
Soybean Oil
12
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
13
Soy Lecithin
14
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
15
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
16
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
17
Water
18
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
19
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
20
Strawberry Puree
21
Mono And Diglycerides
22
Guar Gum
23
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
24
Locust Bean Gum
25
Natural And Artificial Flavor
26
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
Preservative
28
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
29
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Nonfat milk, cake crunch [bleached wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, coconut (sodium metabisulfite to protect quality), salt, sodium bicarbonate, artificial flavor, soybean oil, red 40 lake, soy lecithin, red 3, red 40], corn syrup, sugar, soybean oil, water, coconut oil, palm oil, less than 2% of: whey, strawberry puree, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, citric acid, locust bean gum, natural and artificial flavor, red 40, potassium sorbate (preservative), caramel color, vitamin a palmitate.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Dessert Bar

Neighbours outside Good Humor in the same lower screening band as Dessert Bar (20/100). 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 Dessert Bar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Dessert Bar's 4 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 0041000054143: 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.