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Butterfinger Ice Cream

by Butterfinger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070640025152 · Butterfinger · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070640025152 · Serving size 1 bar (51 g)

The verdict

Butterfinger Ice Cream by Butterfinger scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Sugar, Milk, Peanuts. 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 55 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

28/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

40025152 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Butterfinger Ice Cream label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Neapolitan ice cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …025152 · July 2026

15 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 40025152 · 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: Neapolitan ice cream · Nearest score peer is Neapolitan 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.

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.

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. Butterfinger Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Butterfinger Ice Cream40/1002. Neapolitan ice cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Neapolitan 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. Double strawberry swirl reduced fat ice cream, double strawberry swirl: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Double strawberry swirl r…40/1005. Light ice cream, cherry vanilla: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Light ice cream, cherry v…40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Butterfinger Ice Cream (40/100 on 55 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Butterfinger Ice Cream
40/100
Neapolitan ice cream
40/100
The Original Middles Strawberry Raspberry Taffy Frozen Dairy Dessert, Strawberry; Raspberry
40/100
Double strawberry swirl reduced fat ice cream, double strawberry swirl
40/100
Light ice cream, cherry vanilla
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. Butterfinger Ice Cream 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

Butterfinger Ice Cream lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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: 55 (99th 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 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Milk
3
Peanuts
4
Corn Flakes
5
Milled Corn
6
Malt Flavor
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Iron
9
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Vitamin B6
11
Vitamin B2
12
Vitamin B1
13
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
Vitamin D3
15
Vitamin B12
16
Skim Milk
17
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
18
Vegetable Oil
19
Palm
20
And/or
21
Organic Sunflower
22
Shea
23
Safflower
24
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
26
Corn Syrup Solids
27
Syrup
28
Unsweetened Chocolate
29
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
30
Soybean Oil
31
Buttermilk
32
Or Less Of Peanut Butter
33
Peanut Oil
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Brown Sugar
35
Milkfat
36
Natural Flavors
37
Molasses
38
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
39
Soy Lecithin
40
Cellulose Gum
41
Tara
42
Gum
43
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
44
Carob Bean Gum
45
Mono And Diglycerides
46
Fruit Juice
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Color Additive
47
For Color
48
Vegetable Juice For Color
49
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
50
Annatto Extract For
51
Color
52
Turmeric For Color
53
Paprika
54
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
55
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR, MILK, PEANUTS,, CORN FLAKES (MILLED CORN,, MALT FLAVOR, SALT, IRON, NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN B6, VITAMIN B2,, VITAMIN B1, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D3,, VITAMIN B12), SKIM MILK, COCONUT OIL,, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM, AND/OR, SUNFLOWER, AND/OR SHEA, AND/OR, SAFFLOWER), POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR,, CORNSTARCH), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SYRUP, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, WHEY,, SOYBEAN OIL, BUTTERMILK, CONTAINS 2%, OR LESS OF PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS,, SALT), PEANUT OIL, BROWN SUGAR, MILKFAT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT,, MOLASSES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP,, SOY LECITHIN, CELLULOSE GUM, TARA, GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CAROB BEAN GUM,, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, FRUIT JUICE, FOR COLOR, VEGETABLE JUICE FOR COLOR,, CARAMEL COLOR, ANNATTO EXTRACT FOR, COLOR, TURMERIC FOR COLOR, PAPRIKA, FOR COLOR, YELLOW 5, RED 40.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice creams and sorbets Ice creams Ice cream bars

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Butterfinger Ice Cream

Neighbours outside Butterfinger in the same lower screening band as Butterfinger Ice Cream (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Butterfinger; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Butterfinger Ice Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Butterfinger 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 0070640025152: 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.