Safe

Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones

by Nestle

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072554001529 · Nestle · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072554001529 · Serving size 1 serving (95 g)

The verdict

Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones by Nestle scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 40-component record, beginning with Whey, Cone, Bleached Wheat Flour. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 40 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

54001529 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Drumstick vanilla ice · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001529 · July 2026

10 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 54001529 · 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: Drumstick vanilla ice cream cone · Nearest score peer is Drumstick vanilla ice cream cone at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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. Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones95/1002. Drumstick vanilla ice cream cone: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Drumstick vanilla ice cre…95/1003. Drumstick cookie dipped ice cream cone: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Drumstick cookie dipped i…95/1004. Dairy Dessert Sandwiches, Vanilla: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Dairy Dessert Sandwiches,…95/1005. Vanilla frozen dairy dessert sandwiches with chocolatey coating, vanilla: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Vanilla frozen dairy dess…95/100
High-band neighbours for Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones (95/100) outside Nestle.
Chart values as text

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

Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones
95/100
Drumstick vanilla ice cream cone
95/100
Drumstick cookie dipped ice cream cone
95/100
Dairy Dessert Sandwiches, Vanilla
95/100
Vanilla frozen dairy dessert sandwiches with chocolatey coating, vanilla
95/100

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. Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 40 (93rd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
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
2
Cone
3
Bleached Wheat Flour
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Vegetable Shortening
6
Palm Oil
7
Soybean Oil
8
Soy Lecithin
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Cream
11
Peanuts
12
Caramel Center
13
Sweetened Condensed Milk
14
Milk
15
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
16
Water
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
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
19
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
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
21
Vanilla Extract
22
Cone Coating
23
Cocoa Powder
24
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
25
Palm Oil
26
Artificial Flavor
27
Chocolatey Coating
28
Organic Cocoa
29
Reduced Minerals Whey
30
Natural Chocolate
31
Skim Milk
32
Tapioca Maltodextrin
33
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
34
Guar Gum
35
Monoglycerides
36
Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose
37
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
38
Natural And Artificial Flavor
39
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
40
Annatto Color

Full Ingredient List

Whey, cone (bleached wheat flour, sugar, vegetable shortening [palm oil, soybean oil], soy lecithin, salt), cream, peanuts, caramel center (sweetened condensed milk [milk, sugar], sugar, corn syrup, water, coconut oil, pectin, salt, potassium sorbate, sodium bicarbonate, vanilla extract), sugar, cone coating (coconut oil, sugar, cocoa powder, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, soy lecithin, hydrogenated palm oil, artificial flavor), chocolatey coating (coconut oil, palm oil, sugar, cocoa, reduced minerals whey, milk, chocolate, artificial flavor, soy lecithin), skim milk, corn syrup, tapioca maltodextrin, propylene glycol monostearate, guar gum, monoglycerides, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, invert sugar, annatto color, salt.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones

Neighbours outside Nestle with screening scores in the same high band as Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nestle; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones's 1 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 0072554001529: 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.