Avoid

Fat free ice cream

by Blue Bunny

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070640014293 · Blue Bunny · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070640014293 · Serving size 0.5 cup (85 g)

The verdict

Fat free ice cream by Blue Bunny scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with Skim Milk, Polydextrose, Caramel Swirl. 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.

10/100
Avoid safety score
6
Many flagged · of 41 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

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.

40014293 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fat free ice cream label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Leonardo Tropical Punch · ±0 BOOK-OFF …014293 · July 2026

18 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 40014293 · 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: Leonardo Tropical Punch · Nearest score peer is Leonardo Tropical Punch 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.

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: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fat free ice cream10/1002. Leonardo Tropical Punch: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Leonardo Tropical Punch10/1003. Frosted wildberry toaster pastries: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Frosted wildberry toaster…10/1004. Instant chocolate pudding filling: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Instant chocolate pudding…10/1005. Winco foods, tortilla chips, zesty ranch: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Winco foods, tortilla chi…10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fat free ice cream (10/100 on 41 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fat free ice cream
10/100
Leonardo Tropical Punch
10/100
Frosted wildberry toaster pastries
10/100
Instant chocolate pudding filling
10/100
Winco foods, tortilla chips, zesty ranch
10/100

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 82.9 points below that category average (10/100 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 41 ingredients on its label

41 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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: 41 (94th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
3
Caramel Swirl
4
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
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
6
Water
7
Nonfat Dry Milk
8
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
9
Mono & Diglycerides
10
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
11
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
12
Sodium Citrate
13
Disodium Phosphate
14
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
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
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
17
Natural Flavor
18
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
19
Ethyl Vanillin
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
20
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Peanut Butter Toffee Pieces
23
Maltitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Peanut Butter
25
Dry Roasted Peanuts
26
Crisp Rice
27
Rice Flour
28
Malt Extract
29
Rice Bran
30
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
31
Natural Peanut Flavor
32
Baking Soda
33
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
34
Soy Lecithin
35
Or Less Of Vanilla Extract
36
Artificial Flavor
37
Cellulose Gel
38
Cellulose Gum
39
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
40
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Annatto For Color

Full Ingredient List

Skim milk, polydextrose, caramel swirl (sorbitol, maltodextrin, water, nonfat dry milk, caramel color, mono & diglycerides, glycerin, pectin, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate, carrageenan, salt, sodium bicarbonate, natural flavor, sucralose, ethyl vanillin, yellow 6, red 40), sorbitol, maltodextrin, peanut butter toffee pieces {liquid maltitol (maltitol, water), peanut butter* (dry roasted peanuts*), crisp rice (rice flour, malt extract, rice bran [calcium carbonate]), natural peanut flavor, baking soda, citric acid, soy lecithin}, 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

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

Neighbours outside Blue Bunny in the same lower screening band as Fat free ice cream (10/100). 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 Fat free ice cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Fat free ice cream's 6 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 0070640014293: 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.