Mint Chip Ice Cream
by Great Value
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742089850 · Great Value · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Mint Chip Ice Cream by Great Value scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Milk, Cream, Skim Milk. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 40 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
48/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
42089850 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Mint Chip Ice Cream label screening desk
7 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 42089850 · 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: Clear american, sparkling water beverage, pineapple coconut, pineapple coconut · Nearest score peer is Clear american, sparkling water beverage, pineapple coconut, pineapple coconut 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.
The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.
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. Mint Chip Ice Cream scores 22.9 points below that category average (70/100 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 Chip Ice Cream lists 40 ingredients on its label
40 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 11,156 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 2 products (0%)
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- 14 products (0%)
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- 181 products (2%)
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- 461 products (4%)
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- 573 products (5%)
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- 828 products (7%)
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- 954 products (9%)
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- 1,026 products (9%)
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- 970 products (9%)
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- 842 products (8%)
- 20–22
- 774 products (7%)
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- 666 products (6%)
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- 590 products (5%)
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- 346 products (3%)
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- 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 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
MILK, CREAM, SKIM MILK, SUGAR, 88g) BUTTERMILK, WHEY, CHOCOLATE FLAVORED FLAKES 90 (SUGAR, COCONUT OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, COCOA, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR), CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 1% OR LESS OF PEPPERMINT EXTRACT, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, VEGETABLE GUMS (CAROB BEAN GUM, TARA GUM, GUAR Value* GUM), XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1. 13% CONTAINS MILK AND SOY. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF 35% EGGS, ALMONDS, BRAZIL NUTS, CASHEWS, COCONUT, HAZELNUTS, MACADAMIA NUTS, PECANS, PINE NUTS, PISTACHIOS, WALNUTS, PEANUTS AND WHEAT. 12%
Categories
More from Great Value
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Mint Chip Ice Cream
Neighbours outside Great Value near Mint Chip Ice Cream's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 40 on 0078742089850).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (40 on 0078742089850).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mint Chip Ice Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
- Compare Mint Chip Ice Cream'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 0078742089850: 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.