Concern

Fat free ice cream

by Blue Bunny

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070640014286 · Blue Bunny · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070640014286 · Serving size 0.5 cup (86 g)

The verdict

Fat free ice cream by Blue Bunny scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 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 36-component record, beginning with Skim Milk Polydextrose, Fudge Swirl, Sorbitol. 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

60/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

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.

40014286 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fat free ice cream label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Lactitol PHOTO-FINISH Caramel Crunch Bars · ±0 BOOK-OFF …014286 · July 2026

12 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Lactitol). Source sheet 40014286 · 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: Caramel Crunch Bars Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Caramel Crunch Bars Ice Cream 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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Fat free ice cream: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fat free ice cream60/1002. Caramel Crunch Bars Ice Cream: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Caramel Crunch Bars Ice C…60/1003. Ramen noodle soup: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ramen noodle soup60/1004. Nissin, souper meal, ramen noodle soup, chili picante chicken with lime: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nissin, souper meal, rame…60/1005. Big Cup Noodles, Homestyle Ramel Noodle Soup: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Big Cup Noodles, Homestyl…60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fat free ice cream (60/100 on 36 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fat free ice cream
60/100
Caramel Crunch Bars Ice Cream
60/100
Ramen noodle soup
60/100
Nissin, souper meal, ramen noodle soup, chili picante chicken with lime
60/100
Big Cup Noodles, Homestyle Ramel Noodle Soup
60/100

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. Fat free ice cream scores 32.9 points below that category average (60/100 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

Fat free ice cream lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 36 (89th 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 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk Polydextrose
2
Fudge Swirl
3
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Water
5
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
6
Maltitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
8
Organic Cocoa
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Natural & Artificial Flavor Acesulfate Potassium
11
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
12
Food Starch-modified
13
Cellulose Gum
14
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
15
Brownie Chunks
16
Pasteurized Egg White
17
Cocoa Powder
18
Lactitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Palmshortening
20
Palm Oil
21
Soybean Oil
22
Nonfat Dry Milk
23
Polydextose
24
Natural Vanilla Flavoring
25
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
26
Monocalcium Phosphate
27
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
28
Or Less Of Vanilla Extract
29
Artificial Flavor
30
Cellulose Gel
31
Mono & Diglycerides
32
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
33
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
34
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
36
Annatto For Color

Full Ingredient List

Skim milk polydextrose, fudge swirl (sorbitol, water, polydextrose, maltitol, cocoa* processed with alkali, cocoa, salt, natural & artificial flavor acesulfate potassium, sucralose, food starch-modified, cellulose gum), sorbitol., maltodextrin, brownie chunks {bleached wheat flour, water, pasteurized egg white, sorbitol, cocoa powder*, lactitol, palmshortening* (palm oil, soybean oil), nonfat dry milk, polydextose, vanilla flavoring (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum sulfate), sucralose}, contains 2% or less of vanilla extract, artificial flavor, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, mono & diglycerides*, carrageenan, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, vitamin a palmitate, caramel color, annatto for color.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Fat free ice cream

Neighbours outside Blue Bunny near Fat free ice cream's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Blue Bunny; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Lactitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fat free ice cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Lactitol. Open Lactitol
  • Compare Fat free ice cream'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 0070640014286: 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.