Ice Cream Shortcake
by Rich's Ice Cream Co.
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075455844004 · Rich's Ice Cream Co. · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Ice Cream Shortcake by Rich's Ice Cream Co. scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Nonfat Milk And Milkfat, Sugar, Corn Syrup. 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.
- 80/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 34 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
53/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
80/100
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.
55844004 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Ice Cream Shortcake label screening desk
10 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 55844004 · 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: S'Mores Ready-To-Bake Graham Cracker Crusts, Chocolate Flavored Sauce Packet, Marshmallow Topping Packet Dessert Pizza Kit, S'Mores · Nearest score peer is S'Mores Ready-To-Bake Graham Cracker Crusts, Chocolate Flavored Sauce Packet, Marshmallow Topping Packet Dessert Pizza Kit, S'Mores 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.
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
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. Ice Cream Shortcake scores 12.9 points below that category average (80/100 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
Ice Cream Shortcake lists 34 ingredients on its label
34 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% of the 11,156 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 2 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 14 products (0%)
- 4–6
- 181 products (2%)
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- 461 products (4%)
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- 573 products (5%)
- 10–12
- 828 products (7%)
- 12–14
- 954 products (9%)
- 14–16
- 1,026 products (9%)
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- 970 products (9%)
- 18–20
- 842 products (8%)
- 20–22
- 774 products (7%)
- 22–24
- 666 products (6%)
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- 590 products (5%)
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- 542 products (5%)
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- 439 products (4%)
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- 422 products (4%)
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- 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 80/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Frozen dairy dessert: nonfat milk and milkfat, sugar, corn syrup, whey, maltodexrin, stabilizer (propylene glycol monoesters, guar gum, mono - diglycerides calcium sulfate, carrageenan, locust bean gum, artificial flavor. center: water, dextrose adipic acid, artificial flavor, stabilizer (locust bean gum, guar gum, propylene glycol alginate), silicon dioxide (anticaking), artificial color (red#40) coating: soybean oil, coconut oil, sugar, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, salt, vanillin (artificial flavor), tbhq (antioxidant). crunch: bleached wheat flour, sugar, vegetable shortening (palm oil and/or partially hydrogenated oils: soybean, cottonseed), salt, baking soda, artificial flavor,soy lecithin, artificial color (red #3).
Other products containing Nonfat Milk And Milkfat
Nonfat Milk And Milkfat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
High-score cross-brand comparables for Ice Cream Shortcake
Neighbours outside Rich's Ice Cream Co. with screening scores in the same high band as Ice Cream Shortcake (80/100 here). No other Rich's Ice Cream Co. products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 34 on 0075455844004).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (34 on 0075455844004).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ice Cream Shortcake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare Ice Cream Shortcake'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 0075455844004: 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.