Avoid

Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles

by Hy-Vee Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450175189 · Hy-Vee Inc. · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450175189 · Serving size 1/2 cup (66 g)

The verdict

Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles by Hy-Vee Inc. scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Sweet Cream Buttermilk, Cake Pieces. 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 32 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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

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.

50175189 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Fresh pack whole · ±0 BOOK-OFF …175189 · July 2026

14 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 50175189 · 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: Fresh pack whole dills · Nearest score peer is Fresh pack whole dills 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. Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cake & ice cream vanilla …45/1002. Fresh pack whole dills: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fresh pack whole dills45/1003. Whole kosher dills: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Whole kosher dills45/1004. Hamburger dill slices: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hamburger dill slices45/1005. Hy-vee, whipped topping, pumpkin: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hy-vee, whipped topping, …45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles (45/100 on 32 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles
45/100
Fresh pack whole dills
45/100
Whole kosher dills
45/100
Hamburger dill slices
45/100
Hy-vee, whipped topping, pumpkin
45/100

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. Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles scores 47.9 points below that category average (45/100 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

Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 32 (83rd 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 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
2
Sweet Cream Buttermilk
3
Cake Pieces
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Wheat Flour
6
Eggs
7
Margarine
8
Soybean And Palm Oil
9
Water
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Mono - And Diglycerides
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Natural Flavor
14
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
15
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
17
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
18
Vanilla Frosting Flavor
19
Natural And Artificial Flavor
20
Sodium Citrate
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
Candy Sprinkles
23
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
24
Soybean Oil
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
27
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
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
29
Guar Gum
30
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
31
Carob Bean Gum
32
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

Full Ingredient List

Milkfat and nonfat milk, sweet cream buttermilk, cake pieces (sugar, wheat flour, eggs, margarine [soybean and palm oil, water, salt, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, natural flavor, annatto {color}, vitamin a palmitate], cornstarch, natural flavor, soy lecithin, salt), sugar, corn syrup, vanilla frosting flavor (corn syrup, water, sugar, natural and artificial flavor, sodium citrate, citric acid), candy sprinkles (sugar, coconut oil, soybean oil, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, red 40, blue 1), high fructose corn syrup, whey, mono - and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium sulfate, carob bean gum, carrageenan.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee Inc. in the same lower screening band as Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Cake & ice cream vanilla frosting flavored premium ice cream swirled with cake pieces and candy sprinkles'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 0075450175189: 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.