Avoid

Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes

by J&J Snack Foods Corp

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073321033668 · J&J Snack Foods Corp · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073321033668 · Serving size 1 TUBE (67 g)

The verdict

Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes by J&J Snack Foods Corp scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 31-component record, beginning with Ice Cream Mix, Milk, Cream. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
6
Many flagged · of 31 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

21033668 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Alpina, bon yurt, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …033668 · July 2026

14 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 21033668 · 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: Alpina, bon yurt, low fat yogurt and chocolate mini gems, vanilla · Nearest score peer is Alpina, bon yurt, low fat yogurt and chocolate mini gems, vanilla 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 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Frozen root beer & vanill…0/1002. Alpina, bon yurt, low fat yogurt and chocolate mini gems, vanilla: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Alpina, bon yurt, low fat…0/1003. Alpina, all-stars, vanilla low fat yogurt, chocolate mini gems: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Alpina, all-stars, vanill…0/1004. Rootbeer Barrels Candy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Rootbeer Barrels Candy0/1005. Sour Budz Candy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Sour Budz Candy0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes (0/100 on 31 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes
0/100
Alpina, bon yurt, low fat yogurt and chocolate mini gems, vanilla
0/100
Alpina, all-stars, vanilla low fat yogurt, chocolate mini gems
0/100
Rootbeer Barrels Candy
0/100
Sour Budz Candy
0/100

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 root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes scores 92.9 points below that category average (0/100 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

Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 31 (81st 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ice Cream Mix
2
Milk
3
Cream
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Corn Syrup Solids
6
Skim Milk
7
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
8
Stabilizer
9
Mono & Diglycerides
10
Guar Gum
11
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
12
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
13
Standardized With Dextrose
14
Water
15
Sucrose Syrup
16
Root Beer Flavored Syrup
17
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
19
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
20
Preservative
21
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
22
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
23
Artificial And Natural Flavors
24
Acacia
25
Natural And Artificial Flavors
26
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
27
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
28
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
30
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Ice cream mix (milk, cream, sugar, corn syrup solids, skim milk, whey, stabilizer [mono & diglycerides, guar gum, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, carrageenan, standardized with dextrose]), water, sucrose syrup, sugar, root beer flavored syrup (high fructose corn syrup, water, caramel color, sodium benzoate [preservative], citric acid, caffeine, artificial and natural flavors, acacia), natural and artificial flavors, stabilizer (guar gum, xanthan gum, dextrose), caramel color, fd&c red #40, fd&c yellow #6, fd&c yellow #5, fd&c blue #1.

Other products containing Sucrose Syrup

Sucrose Syrup is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice creams and sorbets Ice creams

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes

Neighbours outside J&J Snack Foods Corp in the same lower screening band as Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within J&J Snack Foods Corp; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes's 6 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 0073321033668: 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.