Safe

Caramel fudge brownie ice cream

by Archer Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239723135 · Archer Farms · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239723135 · Serving size 0.5 cup (65 g)

The verdict

Caramel fudge brownie ice cream by Archer Farms scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 50-component record, beginning with Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Caramel Variegate. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 50 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

39723135 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramel fudge brownie ice cream label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry blondie ice · ±0 BOOK-OFF …723135 · July 2026

20 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 39723135 · 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: Strawberry blondie ice cream · Nearest score peer is Strawberry blondie ice cream at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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

1. Caramel fudge brownie ice cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Caramel fudge brownie ice…95/1002. Strawberry blondie ice cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry blondie ice cr…95/1003. Chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate peanut butter c…95/1004. Triple chocolate gelato: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Triple chocolate gelato95/1005. Ice cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice cream95/100
High-band neighbours for Caramel fudge brownie ice cream (95/100) outside Archer Farms.
Chart values as text

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

Caramel fudge brownie ice cream
95/100
Strawberry blondie ice cream
95/100
Chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream
95/100
Triple chocolate gelato
95/100
Ice cream
95/100

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. Caramel fudge brownie ice cream scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Caramel fudge brownie ice cream lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 50 (98th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Caramel Variegate
4
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
5
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Water
7
Butter
8
Buttermilk Powder
9
Nonfat Dry Milk
10
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
11
Mono And Diglycerides
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Preservative
15
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
16
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
17
Sodium Citrate
18
Baked Brownie Pieces
19
Margarine
20
Palm Oil
21
Soybean Oil
22
Artificial Flavor
23
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
24
Calcium Disodium Edta
25
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Enriched Wheat Flour
27
Wheat Flour
28
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Reduced Iron
32
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
33
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Pasteurized Eggs
35
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
36
Brown Sugar
37
Organic Cocoa
38
Unenriched Wheat Flour
39
Baking Powder
40
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
41
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
42
Monocalcium Phosphate
43
Glycerine
44
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
45
Natural Flavor
46
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
47
Mono & Diglycerides
48
Cellulose Gum
49
Guar Gum
50
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, sugar, caramel variegate (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, water, butter, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, pectin, mono and diglycerides, salt, potassium sorbate [preservative], sodium bicarbonate, xanthan gum, sodium citrate), baked brownie pieces (margarine [palm oil, soybean oil, salt, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, annatto {color}, calcium disodium edta {preservative}, vitamin a palmitate], sugar, enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, thiamine mononitrate, niacin, riboflavin, reduced iron, folic acid], fructose, pasteurized eggs, cocoa processed with alkali, water, brown sugar, natural cocoa, unenriched wheat flour, baking powder [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate], glycerine, powdered sugar [sugar, cornstarch], natural flavor, potassium sorbate [preservative], salt), corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, whey, contains less than 2% of mono & diglycerides, cellulose gum, guar gum, carrageenan.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Caramel fudge brownie ice cream

Neighbours outside Archer Farms with screening scores in the same high band as Caramel fudge brownie ice cream (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Archer Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caramel fudge brownie ice cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Caramel fudge brownie ice cream's 1 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 0085239723135: 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.