Concern

Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake

by Dean's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041900077945 · Dean's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041900077945 · Serving size 0.5 cup (68 g)

The verdict

Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake by Dean's scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Cream Cheese 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

00077945 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Triple Play Ham · ±0 BOOK-OFF …077945 · July 2026

18 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 00077945 · 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: Triple Play Ham Salad On Homestyle Wheat Bread · Nearest score peer is Triple Play Ham Salad On Homestyle Wheat Bread 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. Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dean's, country fresh, pr…55/1002. Triple Play Ham Salad On Homestyle Wheat Bread: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Triple Play Ham Salad On …55/1003. SIGNATURE UNCURED PEPPERONI: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. SIGNATURE UNCURED PEPPERO…55/1004. Personal Size Pepperoni Hand-Tossed style crust pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Personal Size Pepperoni H…55/1005. Rising Crust Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Rising Crust Pizza55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake (55/100 on 42 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake
55/100
Triple Play Ham Salad On Homestyle Wheat Bread
55/100
SIGNATURE UNCURED PEPPERONI
55/100
Personal Size Pepperoni Hand-Tossed style crust pizza
55/100
Rising Crust Pizza
55/100

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. Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake scores 37.9 points below that category average (55/100 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

Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Cream Cheese Swirl
4
Dried Cream Cheese
5
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
6
Cheese Culture
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Carob Bean
9
Xanthan
10
Guar Gum
11
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Water
13
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
15
Color
16
Natural Flavors
17
Red Velvet Dough Bits
18
Wheat Flour
19
Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oils
20
Enriched Flour
21
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Reduced Iron
23
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
26
Organic Cocoa
27
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
29
Natural And Artificial Flavors
30
Corn Syrup Solids
31
Soybean Oil
32
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Corn Flour
34
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
36
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
37
Soy Lecithin
38
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
39
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
40
Mono And Diglycerides
41
Cellulose 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, sugar, cream cheese swirl [sugar, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean, xanthan, guar gum), invert sugar, water, cornstarch, titanium dioxide (color), natural flavors], red velvet dough bits [wheat flour, sugar, palm and palm kernel oils, water, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa (processed with alkali), powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), fructose, natural and artificial flavors, corn syrup solids, soybean oil, salt, high fructose corn syrup, corn flour, red 40, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin], corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of cocoa (processed with alkali), whey, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, guar gum, natural and artificial flavors, salt, carrageenan, red 40.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake

Neighbours outside Dean's near Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dean's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake'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 Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake'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 0041900077945: 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.