Safe

Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00587617 · Trader Joe's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00587617 · Serving size 1 portion (64 g)

The verdict

Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches by Trader Joe's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Coffee Ice Cream, Milk, Cream. 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 50 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.

00587617 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry cheesecake coffee · ±0 BOOK-OFF …587617 · July 2026

8 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00587617 · 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: Strawberry cheesecake coffee creamer, strawberry cheesecake · Nearest score peer is Strawberry cheesecake coffee creamer, strawberry cheesecake 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. Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice …95/1002. Strawberry cheesecake coffee creamer, strawberry cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry cheesecake cof…95/1003. Coffee creamer, peppermint mocha: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Coffee creamer, peppermin…95/1004. Snickers hi protein: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Snickers hi protein95/1005. Life Cereal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Life Cereal95/100
High-band neighbours for Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches (95/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches
95/100
Strawberry cheesecake coffee creamer, strawberry cheesecake
95/100
Coffee creamer, peppermint mocha
95/100
Snickers hi protein
95/100
Life Cereal
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. Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches 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

Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 50 (98th 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 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Coffee Ice Cream
2
Milk
3
Cream
4
Cane Sugar
5
Condensed Skim Milk
6
Egg Yolk
7
Whey Powder
8
Coffee Syrup
9
Coffee
10
Water
11
Colombian Coffee
12
Ground Coffee Beans
13
Dutch Cocoa Powder
14
Guar Gum
15
Locust Bean Gum
16
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
17
Brownie Crisps
18
Cane Sugar
19
Flour Blend
20
Oat Flour
21
Chickpea Flour
22
Organic Sorghum Flour
23
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
24
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Fava Bean Flour
26
Soy Milk
27
Soybeans
28
Chocolate Chips And Chunks
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Unsweetened Chocolate
31
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
32
Cocoa Butter
33
Soy Lecithin
34
Emulsifier
35
Vanilla Flavor
36
Organic Cocoa
37
Organic Palm Fruit Oil
38
Sunflower Oil
39
Sunflower Lecithin
40
Vanilla Flavor
41
Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
42
Baking Soda
43
Potassium Bitartrate
44
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
45
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
46
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
47
Cellulose Gum
48
Rs 24% 0% 6% 4%
49
Egg
50
Soy

Full Ingredient List

coffee ice cream (milk, cream, cane sugar, condensed skim milk, egg yolk, whey powder, coffee syrup [coffee, water], colombian coffee, ground coffee beans, dutch cocoa powder, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan), brownie crisps (organic cane sugar, flour blend [oat flour, chickpea flour, sorghum flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, fava bean flour], organic soy milk, [soybeans, water, carrageenan], chocolate chips and chunks [sugar, unsweetened chocolate, dextrose, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural vanilla flavor], cocoa, palm fruit oil, sunflower oil, sunflower lecithin, organic vanilla flavor, expeller pressed canola oil, baking soda, potassium bitartrate, salt, xanthan gum, calcium carbonate, cellulose gum). rs 24% 0% 6% 4% contains milk, egg, soy.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice creams and sorbets Ice creams Ice cream sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Brownie Crisp Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches'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 00587617: 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.