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Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint

by Pics

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041735072207 · Pics · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041735072207 · Serving size 2/3 cup (88 g)

The verdict

Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint by Pics scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 19 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 19-component label is layered, beginning with Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 19 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

35072207 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 19 ing. REG-PART 47% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 51% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Wildberry sorbate and · ±0 BOOK-OFF …072207 · July 2026

9 of 19 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 35072207 · 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: Wildberry sorbate and ice cream bars · Nearest score peer is Wildberry sorbate and ice cream bars 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vanilla Ice Cream With Pe…40/1002. Wildberry sorbate and ice cream bars: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Wildberry sorbate and ice…40/1003. Homemade Vanilla: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Homemade Vanilla40/1004. Ice cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice cream40/1005. Ice cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice cream40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint (40/100 on 19 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint
40/100
Wildberry sorbate and ice cream bars
40/100
Homemade Vanilla
40/100
Ice cream
40/100
Ice cream
40/100

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. Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint scores 52.9 points below that category average (40/100 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

Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint lists 19 ingredients on its label

19 49th percentile a longer ingredient list than 49% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Above this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Above this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 19 (49th 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 19 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Peppermint Candies (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Coconut Oil, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Turmeric [Color], Red 40,Blue 1), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Whey, Mono & Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Carrageenan, Natural & Artificial Flavors And Caramel Color.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint

Neighbours outside Pics in the same lower screening band as Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pics; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 19-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint'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 0041735072207: 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.