Safe

Kit kat ice cream

by Dreyer's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041548361741 · Dreyer's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041548361741 · Serving size 0.67 cup (85 g)

The verdict

Kit kat ice cream by Dreyer's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Skim Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 36 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

48361741 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Kit kat ice cream label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Ice cream, espresso · ±0 BOOK-OFF …361741 · July 2026

10 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 48361741 · 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, espresso chip · Nearest score peer is Ice cream, espresso chip 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. Kit kat ice cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Kit kat ice cream95/1002. Ice cream, espresso chip: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ice cream, espresso chip95/1003. Cherry Chocolate Diamond Daze Vanilla Light Ice Cream With A Cherry Swirl And Cherry Filled Dark Chocolatey Diamond Pieces, Cherry Chocolate Diamond Daze: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cherry Chocolate Diamond …95/1004. Butterfnger light ice cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Butterfnger light ice cre…95/1005. Nestle Cookie Dough Ice Cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nestle Cookie Dough Ice C…95/100
High-band neighbours for Kit kat ice cream (95/100) outside Dreyer's.
Chart values as text

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

Kit kat ice cream
95/100
Ice cream, espresso chip
95/100
Cherry Chocolate Diamond Daze Vanilla Light Ice Cream With A Cherry Swirl And Cherry Filled Dark Chocolatey Diamond Pieces, Cherry Chocolate Diamond Daze
95/100
Butterfnger light ice cream
95/100
Nestle Cookie Dough Ice Cream
95/100

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. Kit kat ice cream scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 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

Kit kat ice cream lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 36 (89th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
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
4
Cream
5
Cts Candy Pieces
6
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
7
Powdered Sugar Sugar
8
Corn Starch
9
Wheat Flour
10
Organic Cocoa
11
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
12
Cocoa Butter
13
86g
14
Soybean Oil
15
Natural Flavor
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Soy Lecithin
18
Wafer Swirl
19
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Corn Starch Soybean Oil
21
Wheat Malt Flour
22
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
23
Rapeseed Lecithin
24
Aly Value Cocoa Processed With Alkali
25
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
26
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Propylene Glycol 80 9% Monostearate
28
Guar Gum
29
Monoglycerides
30
Xanthan 20% Gum
31
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
32
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Artificial Flavor
34
Annatto Color
35
Milk
36
Wheat And Soy Ingredients. 3% May Contain Peanuts And Tree Nuts. Comp Mpan

Full Ingredient List

SKIM MILK, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, CREAM, cts CANDY PIECES (COCONUT OIL, POWDERED SUGAR SUGAR, CORN STARCH], WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, COCOA, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SKIM MILK, COCOA BUTTER, (86g) SOYBEAN OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, SOY LECITHIN), WAFER SWIRL (POWDERED SUGAR [SUGAR, CORN STARCH SOYBEAN OIL, WHEAT FLOUR, SKIM MILK, COCONUT OIL, COCOA, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SUGAR, WHEAT MALT FLOUR, COCOA BUTTER, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, RAPESEED LECITHIN, SOY LECITHIN), aly Value COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL 80 9% MONOSTEARATE, GUAR GUM, MONOGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN 20% GUM, CARRAGEENAN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO COLOR. CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT AND SOY INGREDIENTS. 3% MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS. COMP MPAN

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Kit kat ice cream

Neighbours outside Dreyer's with screening scores in the same high band as Kit kat ice cream (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dreyer's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Kit kat ice cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Kit kat ice cream's 1 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 0041548361741: 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.