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Ice cream sundae cups

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041130309960 · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041130309960 · Serving size 1 cup (50 g)

The verdict

Ice cream sundae cups scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 11 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 38-component record, beginning with Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Corn Syrup, Blue Marshmallow Ribbon. 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
11
Many flagged · of 38 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.

30309960 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ice cream sundae cups label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 11 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …309960 · July 2026

19 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 30309960 · 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

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.

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. Ice cream sundae cups 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

Ice cream sundae cups lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 38 (91st 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 (11 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
 2
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
3
Blue Marshmallow Ribbon
 4
Water
 5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Corn Starch
 7
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
8
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
9
Natural And Artificial Flavors
 10
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
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
13
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
14
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Frosting Base
 16
Natural And Artificial Flavor
 17
Sodium Citrate
 18
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
19
Colored Sprinkles
 20
Corn Starch
 21
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
 22
Cottonseed
 23
Soybean
 24
Soy Lecithin
 25
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
26
Confectioner's Glaze
 27
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Carnauba Wax
 30
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
32
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
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
34
Mono - & Diglycerides
 35
Guar Gum
 36
Carob Bean Gum
 37
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
38
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

Full Ingredient List

Milkfat and nonfat milk, corn syrup, blue marshmallow ribbon (corn syrup, water, sugar, modified corn starch, titanium dioxide, blue 2, natural and artificial flavors, carrageenan, salt, blue 1, red 3), high fructose corn syrup, frosting base (corn syrup, water, sugar, natural and artificial flavor, sodium citrate, citric acid), sugar, colored sprinkles (sugar, corn starch, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed and/or soybean], soy lecithin, dextrin, confectioner's glaze, red 40 lake, natural and artificial flavor, yellow 6 lake, carnauba wax, yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, red 3, red 40), whey, mono - & diglycerides, guar gum, carob bean gum, calcium sulfate, polysorbate 80, carrageenan.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ice cream sundae cups's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Ice cream sundae cups's 11 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 0041130309960: 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.