Concern

Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla

by Blue Bell Creameries L.P.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071899321019 · Blue Bell Creameries L.P. · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071899321019 · Serving size 0.5 cup (74 g)

The verdict

Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla by Blue Bell Creameries L.P. scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 19 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 19-component label is layered, beginning with Milk, Skim Milk, Polydextrin. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 19 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

99321019 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 19 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 51% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Reduced Fat Ice · ±0 BOOK-OFF …321019 · July 2026

6 of 19 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 99321019 · 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: Reduced Fat Ice Cream Country Vanilla · Nearest score peer is Reduced Fat Ice Cream Country Vanilla 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.

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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Blue Bell, No Sugar Added…65/1002. Reduced Fat Ice Cream Country Vanilla: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Reduced Fat Ice Cream Cou…65/1003. Salted Caramel Frozen Dairy Dessert: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Salted Caramel Frozen Dai…65/1004. Classic ice cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Classic ice cream65/1005. milk 50 chocolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. milk 50 chocolate65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla (65/100 on 19 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla
65/100
Reduced Fat Ice Cream Country Vanilla
65/100
Salted Caramel Frozen Dairy Dessert
65/100
Classic ice cream
65/100
milk 50 chocolate
65/100

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. Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla scores 27.9 points below that category average (65/100 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

Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla lists 19 ingredients on its label

19 49th percentile a longer ingredient list than 49% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Above this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Above this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 19 (49th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Milk, skim milk, polydextrin, cream, sorbitol, maltodextrin, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, vegetable gums (guar, carrageenan, carob bean), natural and artificial flavor, soy mono-and diglycerdies, acesulfame potassium, sucralose (splenda brand), annatto color, vitamin a palmitate.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla

Neighbours outside Blue Bell Creameries L.P. near Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla's mid-band score (65/100). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Blue Bell Creameries L.P.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 19-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Blue Bell, No Sugar Added Lowfat Ice Cream, Country Vanilla's 3 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 0071899321019: 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.