Safe

Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream

by Kemps

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041483033581 · Kemps · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041483033581 · Serving size 0.5 cup (66 g)

The verdict

Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream by Kemps scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 42 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

83033581 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Lowfat Cottage Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …033581 · July 2026

13 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 83033581 · 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: Lowfat Cottage Cheese · Nearest score peer is Lowfat Cottage Cheese at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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. Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cr…90/1002. Lowfat Cottage Cheese: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lowfat Cottage Cheese90/1003. Old Fashioned Eggnog: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Old Fashioned Eggnog90/1004. Chicken Pie: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chicken Pie90/1005. Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice Cream90/100
High-band neighbours for Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream (90/100) outside Kemps.
Chart values as text

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

Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream
90/100
Lowfat Cottage Cheese
90/100
Old Fashioned Eggnog
90/100
Chicken Pie
90/100
Ice Cream
90/100

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. Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream scores 2.9 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 42 (95th 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 42 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
Caramel Filled Chocolaty Cups
20
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
21
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
22
Skim Milk
23
Milk
24
Soy Lecithin
25
Sweetened Condensed Milk
26
Condensed Milk
27
Heavy Cream
28
Palm Kernel Oil
29
Natural And Artificial Flavor
30
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Butter Caramel Flavor
32
Brown Sugar
33
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
34
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
35
Turmeric
36
Color
37
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
38
Or Less Of Mono And Diglycerides
39
Guar Gum
40
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
41
Carob Bean Gum
42
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), sugar, corn syrup, caramel filled chocolaty cups (sugar, coconut oil, cocoa processed with alkali, skim milk, milk, soy lecithin, corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk [condensed milk, sugar], heavy cream, butter [cream, salt], palm kernel oil, salt, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin), high fructose corn syrup, butter caramel flavor (sugar, water, condensed skim milk, brown sugar, high fructose corn syrup, butter [cream, salt], salt, caramel color, citric acid, turmeric [color]), whey, contains 2% or less of mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium sulfate, carob bean gum, carrageenan.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream

Neighbours outside Kemps with screening scores in the same high band as Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kemps; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 42 on 0041483033581).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (42 on 0041483033581).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Bear Creek Caramel Ice Cream's 2 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 0041483033581: 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.