Concern

Fudgsicle, fudge pops

by Unilever

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077567022547 · Unilever · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077567022547 · Serving size 2 POPS (79 g)

The verdict

Fudgsicle, fudge pops by Unilever scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 23 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 23-component label is layered, beginning with Nonfat Milk, Maltodextrin, Sorbitol. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

55/100
Concern safety score
5
Many flagged · of 23 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

67022547 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fudgsicle, fudge pops label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-LAYERED 23 ing. REG-PART 52% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 38% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 65 PHOTO-FINISH Breyers Carb Smart · ±0 BOOK-OFF …022547 · July 2026

12 of 23 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 65). Source sheet 67022547 · 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: Breyers Carb Smart Reese's Frozen Dairy Dessert Bars · Nearest score peer is Breyers Carb Smart Reese's Frozen Dairy Dessert Bars at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Fudgsicle, fudge pops: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fudgsicle, fudge pops55/1002. Breyers Carb Smart Reese's Frozen Dairy Dessert Bars: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Breyers Carb Smart Reese'…55/1003. Fudge Pops: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fudge Pops55/1004. Protein fortified dairy beverage: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Protein fortified dairy b…55/1005. Natural casing premium genoa salami: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Natural casing premium ge…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fudgsicle, fudge pops (55/100 on 23 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fudgsicle, fudge pops
55/100
Breyers Carb Smart Reese's Frozen Dairy Dessert Bars
55/100
Fudge Pops
55/100
Protein fortified dairy beverage
55/100
Natural casing premium genoa salami
55/100

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. Fudgsicle, fudge pops scores 37.9 points below that category average (55/100 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

Fudgsicle, fudge pops lists 23 ingredients on its label

23 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 23 (62nd 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 23 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Nonfat Milk
2
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
3
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
5
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
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
Palm Oil
8
Tricalcium Phosphate
9
Cellulose Gel
10
Mono And Diglycerides
11
Cellulose Gum
12
Malted Barley Extract
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Guar Gum
15
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
16
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
17
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
18
Polysorbate 65
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Caution Approved
19
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
20
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
21
Natural And Artificial Flavor
22
Locust Bean Gum
23
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)

Full Ingredient List

Nonfat milk, maltodextrin, sorbitol, polydextrose, cocoa processed with alkali, whey, palm oil, less than 1% of: tricalcium phosphate, cellulose gel, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, malted barley extract, salt, guar gum, aspartame*, polysorbate 80, acesulfame potassium, polysorbate 65, citric acid, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, locust bean gum, caramel color.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Fudgsicle, fudge pops

Neighbours outside Unilever near Fudgsicle, fudge pops's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Unilever; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 65 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fudgsicle, fudge pops's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 23-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 65. Open Polysorbate 65
  • Compare Fudgsicle, fudge pops's 5 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 0077567022547: 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.