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Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones

by Blue Bunny

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070640010868 · Blue Bunny · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070640010868 · Serving size 1 CONE (43 g)

The verdict

Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones by Blue Bunny scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Milk, Sugar, Skim Milk. 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 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

40010868 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Premium Ice Cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010868 · July 2026

9 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 40010868 · 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: Premium Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Premium Ice Cream 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Va…90/1002. Premium Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Premium Ice Cream90/1003. Strawberry reduced fat ice cream, strawberry: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Strawberry reduced fat ic…90/1004. Chocolate chip cookie dough reduced fat ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate chip cookie dou…90/1005. Chocolate & Vanilla: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chocolate & Vanilla90/100
High-band neighbours for Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones (90/100) outside Blue Bunny.
Chart values as text

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

Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones
90/100
Premium Ice Cream
90/100
Strawberry reduced fat ice cream, strawberry
90/100
Chocolate chip cookie dough reduced fat ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough
90/100
Chocolate & Vanilla
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. Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones 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

Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 30 (79th 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 30 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Skim Milk
4
Bleached Wheat Flour
5
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
6
Cream
7
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
8
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
9
Buttermilk
10
Or Less Of Unsweetened Chocolate
11
Organic Cocoa
12
Cocoa Butter
13
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
14
Vanilla Extract
15
Natural Flavor
16
Artificial Flavor
17
Molasses
18
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
19
Canola Oil
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Whole Milk Powder
22
Soybean Oil
23
Food Starch-modified
24
Soy Lecithin
25
Mono & Diglycerides
26
Carob Bean Gum
27
Cellulose Gum
28
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
29
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
30
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Milk, sugar, skim milk, bleached wheat flour, coconut oil, cream, corn syrup, whey, buttermilk, contains 2% or less of unsweetened chocolate, cocoa, cocoa butter, cocoa processed with alkali, vanilla extract, natural flavor, artificial flavor, molasses, hydrogenated coconut oil, canola oil, salt, whole milk powder, soybean oil, food starch-modified, soy lecithin, mono & diglycerides, carob bean gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, caramel color, vitamin a palmitate.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones

Neighbours outside Blue Bunny with screening scores in the same high band as Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones (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

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Cones'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 0070640010868: 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.