Avoid

Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450107340 · Hy-Vee · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450107340 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (60 g)

The verdict

Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip by Hy-Vee scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Ice Cream, 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

50107340 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Please sir, i · ±0 BOOK-OFF …107340 · July 2026

11 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 50107340 · 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: Please sir, i want s'more graham cracker ice cream with marshmallow swirls, graham crunch and chocolate flavored chunks · Nearest score peer is Please sir, i want s'more graham cracker ice cream with marshmallow swirls, graham crunch and chocolate flavored chunks 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mint ice cream with choco…40/1002. Please sir, i want s'more graham cracker ice cream with marshmallow swirls, graham crunch and chocolate flavored chunks: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Please sir, i want s'more…40/1003. Tastykake, cupcakes, graham: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Tastykake, cupcakes, grah…40/1004. Tastykake, danish, berry cheese: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Tastykake, danish, berry …40/1005. Tastykake, cupcakes, strawberry: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tastykake, cupcakes, stra…40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip (40/100 on 35 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip
40/100
Please sir, i want s'more graham cracker ice cream with marshmallow swirls, graham crunch and chocolate flavored chunks
40/100
Tastykake, cupcakes, graham
40/100
Tastykake, danish, berry cheese
40/100
Tastykake, cupcakes, strawberry
40/100

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. Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip scores 52.9 points below that category average (40/100 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

Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 35 (88th 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ice Cream
2
Milk
3
Cream
4
Skim Milk
5
Buttermilk
6
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
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Chocolate Chips
9
Chocolate Liquor
10
Cocoa Butter
11
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
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Artificial Flavor
14
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
15
Peppermint Flavor
16
Mono And Diglycerides
17
Guar Gum
18
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
19
Carob Bean Gum
20
Cellulose Gum
21
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
22
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
24
Annatto For Color
25
Wafers
26
Wheat Flour
27
Soybean Oil
28
Palm Oil
29
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
30
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
31
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
Corn Flour
33
Food Starch-modified
34
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
35
Baking Soda

Full Ingredient List

Ice cream (milk, cream, skim milk, buttermilk, whey, sugar, chocolate chips [sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, artificial flavor], corn syrup, contains 2% or less of: natural peppermint flavor, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium sulfate, carob bean gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, yellow 5, blue 1, annatto for color). wafers (wheat flour, sugar, soybean oil, palm oil, cocoa processed with alkali, dextrose, caramel color, contains 2% or less of: high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, corn flour, food starch-modified, salt, soy lecithin, baking soda, artificial flavor).

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice creams and sorbets Ice creams Ice cream sandwiches

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee in the same lower screening band as Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Mint ice cream with chocolate flavored chips between two chocolate wafers sandwiches, mint chip's 4 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 0075450107340: 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.