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Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts

by Blue Bunny

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070640013692 · Blue Bunny · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070640013692 · Serving size 0.5 cup (87 g)

The verdict

Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts by Blue Bunny scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Skim Milk, Buttermilk, Whey. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

40/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

40013692 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Light Ice Cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …013692 · July 2026

17 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 40013692 · 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: Light Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Light Ice Cream 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Banana light ice cream fu…40/1002. Light Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Light Ice Cream40/1003. The Original Middles Strawberry Raspberry Taffy Frozen Dairy Dessert, Strawberry; Raspberry: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. The Original Middles Stra…40/1004. Neapolitan ice cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Neapolitan ice cream40/1005. Butterfinger Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Butterfinger Ice Cream40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts (40/100 on 49 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts
40/100
Light Ice Cream
40/100
The Original Middles Strawberry Raspberry Taffy Frozen Dairy Dessert, Strawberry; Raspberry
40/100
Neapolitan ice cream
40/100
Butterfinger 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. Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts 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

Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 49 (97th 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 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Buttermilk
3
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
4
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
5
Banana Flavor Base
6
Maltitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Water
8
Banana Puree
9
Bananas
10
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
11
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
12
Natural Flavor
13
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
14
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
15
Sodium Citrate
16
Strawberry Swirl
17
Seeds
18
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
20
Strawberry Juice Concentrate
21
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
22
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
23
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
24
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
26
Milk
27
Cream
28
Fudge Swirl
29
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
30
Organic Cocoa
31
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
32
Natural & Artificial Flavor
33
Tricalcium Phosphate
34
Food Starch-modified
35
Pineapple
36
Corn Starch
37
Turmeric For Color
38
Nuts
39
Cashews
40
Almonds
41
Canola Oil
42
Propylene Glycol Monoesters
43
Mono & Diglycerides
44
Guar Gum
45
Carob Bean Gum
46
Cellulose Gel
47
Cellulose Gum
48
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
49
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Skim milk, buttermilk, whey, polydextrose, banana flavor base {liquid maltitol (maltitol, water), banana puree (bananas, citric acid, ascorbic acid), water, natural flavor, pectin (pectin, dextrose, sodium citrate)}, strawberry swirl {strawberry puree (with seeds), water, sorbitol, maltodextrin, strawberry juice concentrate, pectin, natural flavor, citric acid, malic acid, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, red 40, blue 1}, milk, cream, fudge swirl {sorbitol, water, polydextrose, maltitol, cocoa processed with alkali, cocoa, salt, natural & artificial flavor, tricalcium phosphate, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, food starch-modified, cellulose gum}, maltitol, maltodextrin, pineapple (pineapple, sorbitol, water, modified corn starch, citric acid, turmeric for color, natural flavor, acesulfame potassium, sucralose), nuts (cashews, almonds, canola oil, salt), contains less than 1% of propylene glycol monoesters, mono & diglycerides, guar gum, carob bean gum, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, carrageenan, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, vitamin a palmitate.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts

Neighbours outside Blue Bunny in the same lower screening band as Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Blue Bunny; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polydextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Banana light ice cream fudge and strawberry swirls pineapple, nuts'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 0070640013692: 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.