Safe

Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan

by Blue Bunny

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070640010189 · Blue Bunny · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070640010189 · Serving size 1/2 cup (65 g)

The verdict

Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan by Blue Bunny scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 20 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 20-component label is layered, beginning with Milk, Buttermilk, Whey. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 20 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

40010189 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 20 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 48% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate chip cookie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010189 · July 2026

7 of 20 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 40010189 · 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: Chocolate chip cookie dough reduced fat ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough · Nearest score peer is Chocolate chip cookie dough reduced fat ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Butter pecan reduced fat …90/1002. Chocolate chip cookie dough reduced fat ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate chip cookie dou…90/1003. Premium Ice Cream Sandwiches: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium Ice Cream Sandwic…90/1004. Strawberry reduced fat ice cream, strawberry: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Strawberry reduced fat ic…90/1005. Premium Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Premium Ice Cream90/100
High-band neighbours for Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan (90/100) outside Blue Bunny.
Chart values as text

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

Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan
90/100
Chocolate chip cookie dough reduced fat ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough
90/100
Premium Ice Cream Sandwiches
90/100
Strawberry reduced fat ice cream, strawberry
90/100
Premium 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. Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan 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

Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan lists 20 ingredients on its label

20 52nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 52% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 20 (52nd 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 20 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Milk, buttermilk, whey, sugar, corn syrup, cream, skim milk, pecan pieces (pecans, cottonseed oil, butter, salt), contains 2% or less of mono and diglycerides, carob bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan, natural flavors, polysorbate 80, annatto for color, vitamin a palmitate.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan

Neighbours outside Blue Bunny with screening scores in the same high band as Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Blue Bunny; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 20-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Butter pecan reduced fat ice cream, butter pecan'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 0070640010189: 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.