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Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae

by Wells Enterprises Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070640325740 · Wells Enterprises Inc.. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070640325740 · Serving size 49 g (49 g)

The verdict

Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae by Wells Enterprises Inc. scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 37-component record, beginning with Skim Milk, Cream, Milk. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070640325740
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

27/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/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.

40325740 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry Shortcake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …325740 · July 2026

13 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 40325740 · 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: Strawberry Shortcake · Nearest score peer is Strawberry Shortcake 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Blue Ribbon Classics, Red…35/1002. Strawberry Shortcake: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry Shortcake35/1003. Strawberry Shortcake: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Strawberry Shortcake35/1004. Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches wafers, neapolitan: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Neapolitan ice cream sand…35/1005. Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Gustafson's, Ice Cream, N…35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae (35/100 on 37 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae
35/100
Strawberry Shortcake
35/100
Strawberry Shortcake
35/100
Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches wafers, neapolitan
35/100
Gustafson's, Ice Cream, Neapolitan
35/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Cream
3
Milk
4
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
5
Buttermilk
6
Chocolate Swirl
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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Water
10
Palm Oil
11
Unsweetened Chocolate Processed With Alkili
12
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
13
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
14
Mono & Diglycerides
15
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
16
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Or Less Of Mono & Diglycerides
18
Carob Bean Gum
19
Guar Gum
20
Artificial Flavor
21
Vanilla Extract
22
Cellulose Gel
23
Celluluse Gum
24
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
25
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
27
Strawberry Swirl
28
Food Strach-modified
29
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
30
Natural Flavor
31
Strawberry Juice Concentrate
32
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
33
Cherry Juice Concentrate
34
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
36
Celluluse Gel
37
Annatto For Color

Full Ingredient List

Chocolate sundae: skim milk, cream, milk, whey, buttermilk, chocolate swirl (corn syrup, sugar, water, palm oil, unsweetened chocolate processed with alkili, cocoa processed with alkali, pectin, mono & diglycerides, polysorbate 80), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sugar contains 2% or less of mono & diglycerides, carob bean gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, vanilla extract, cellulose gel, celluluse gum, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate, caramel color, annotto for color. steawberry sundae: skim milk, cream, milk, whey, buttermilk, strawberry swirl (water, sugar, corn syrup, food strach-modified, pectin, dextrose, natural flavor, strawberry juice concentrate, citric acid, cherry juice concentrate, red 40, blue 1), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, contains 2% or less of mono & diglycerides, carob bean gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, vanilla extract, celluluse gel, celluluse gum, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate, caramel color, annatto for color

Other products containing Food Strach-modified

Food Strach-modified is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae

Neighbours outside Wells Enterprises Inc. in the same lower screening band as Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wells Enterprises Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Blue Ribbon Classics, Reduced Fat Ice Cream With Chocolate Or Strawberry Swirl, Sundae's 5 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 0070640325740: 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.