Concern

Ice Cream

by Kemps

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041483029829 · Kemps · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041483029829 · Serving size 0.67 cup (88 g)

The verdict

Ice Cream by Kemps scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Sweet Cream Buttermilk, Caramel Swirl. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 39 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

83029829 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ice Cream label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Ice Cream Sandwiches · ±0 BOOK-OFF …029829 · July 2026

13 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 83029829 · 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: Ice Cream Sandwiches · Nearest score peer is Ice Cream Sandwiches at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Ice Cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ice Cream65/1002. Ice Cream Sandwiches: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ice Cream Sandwiches65/1003. French Vanilla Flavored Syrup: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. French Vanilla Flavored S…65/1004. Gourmet Caramel Flavored Syrup: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gourmet Caramel Flavored …65/1005. Premium Ice Cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Premium Ice Cream65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Ice Cream (65/100 on 39 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Ice Cream
65/100
Ice Cream Sandwiches
65/100
French Vanilla Flavored Syrup
65/100
Gourmet Caramel Flavored Syrup
65/100
Premium Ice Cream
65/100

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. Ice Cream scores 27.9 points below that category average (65/100 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 lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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: 39 (92nd 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
2
Sweet Cream Buttermilk
3
Caramel Swirl
4
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
5
Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk
6
Condensed Skim Milk
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Water
9
Cream
10
Butter
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Sodium Alginate
13
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
14
Mono And Diglycerides
15
Natural Flavor
16
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
17
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
18
Sodium Citrate
19
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Fudge Filled Cows
21
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
22
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
23
Milk
24
Nonfat Milk
25
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
26
Chocolate Processed With Alkali
27
Soy Lecithin
28
Natural And Artificial Flavor
29
Organic Cocoa
30
Chocolate Flavored Syrup
31
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
32
Corn Starch-modified
33
Natural Flavors
34
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
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
36
Guar 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
Carob Bean Gum
39
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

Full Ingredient List

Milkfat and nonfat milk, sweet cream buttermilk, caramel swirl (corn syrup, sweetened condensed skim milk [condensed skim milk, sugar, corn syrup], water, sugar, cream, butter [cream, salt], salt, sodium alginate, xanthan gum, mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, pectin, sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate), high fructose corn syrup, fudge filled cows (sugar, coconut oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, milk, nonfat milk, cocoa processed with alkali, chocolate processed with alkali, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, salt), sugar, corn syrup, cocoa (processed with alkali), chocolate flavored syrup (corn syrup, water, cocoa processed with alkali, caramel color, corn starch-modified, natural flavors, salt, red 40), whey, contains less than 2% of mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium sulfate, carob bean gum, carrageenan.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Ice Cream

Neighbours outside Kemps near Ice Cream's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kemps; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ice Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Ice Cream'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 0041483029829: 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.