Concern

Freezer pops

by The Jel Sert Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072392902996 · The Jel Sert Company · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072392902996 · Serving size 170g

The verdict

Freezer pops by The Jel Sert Company scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Water, High-fructose corn syrup, Apple And Pear Juice From Concentrate; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 10 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

92902996 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Freezer pops label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 10 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 89% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Island Punch · ±0 BOOK-OFF …902996 · July 2026

4 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 92902996 · 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: Island Punch · Nearest score peer is Island Punch 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Freezer pops: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Freezer pops50/1002. Island Punch: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Island Punch50/1003. Flavor Aid, Soft Drink Mix, Grape: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Flavor Aid, Soft Drink Mi…50/1004. skittles: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. skittles50/1005. Instant reduced calorie pudding & pie filling: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Instant reduced calorie p…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Freezer pops (50/100 on 10 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Freezer pops
50/100
Island Punch
50/100
Flavor Aid, Soft Drink Mix, Grape
50/100
skittles
50/100
Instant reduced calorie pudding & pie filling
50/100

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. Freezer pops scores 42.9 points below that category average (50/100 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

Freezer pops lists 10 ingredients on its label

10 11th percentile a longer ingredient list than 11% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Above this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Above this entry. 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: 10 (11th 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

WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: APPLE AND PEAR JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), RED 40 YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6.

Other products containing Red 40 Yellow 5

Red 40 Yellow 5 is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice pops

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Freezer pops

Neighbours outside The Jel Sert Company near Freezer pops's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Jel Sert Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Freezer pops's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 10-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Freezer pops's 2 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 0072392902996: 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.