Safe

Peppermint italian gelato

by Whole Foods Market

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0099482462857 · Whole Foods Market · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0099482462857 · Serving size 0.5 cup (70 g)

The verdict

Peppermint italian gelato by Whole Foods Market scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Pasteurized Milk, Cane Sugar, Coconut Oil. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 27 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

82462857 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Peppermint italian gelato label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-RARE Inulin PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate chip trail · ±0 BOOK-OFF …462857 · July 2026

4 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Inulin). Source sheet 82462857 · 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: Chocolate chip trail mix super seed cookies, chocolate chip · Nearest score peer is Chocolate chip trail mix super seed cookies, chocolate chip 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.

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. Peppermint italian gelato: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Peppermint italian gelato100/1002. Chocolate chip trail mix super seed cookies, chocolate chip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate chip trail mix …100/1003. Melatonin: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Melatonin100/1004. Fiesta Hens Party, Fiesta Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fiesta Hens Party, Fiesta…100/1005. Whole milk ricotta cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Whole milk ricotta cheese100/100
High-band neighbours for Peppermint italian gelato (100/100) outside Whole Foods Market.
Chart values as text

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

Peppermint italian gelato
100/100
Chocolate chip trail mix super seed cookies, chocolate chip
100/100
Melatonin
100/100
Fiesta Hens Party, Fiesta Mix
100/100
Whole milk ricotta cheese
100/100

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. Peppermint italian gelato scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Peppermint italian gelato lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 27 (73rd 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.

Full Ingredient List

Pasteurized milk, cane sugar, coconut oil, chocolate coating (cocoa paste, coconut oil, sugar, low fat cocoa powder [processed with alkali], cocoa butter, sunflower and soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural vanilla flavor), candy cane pieces (sugar, glucose, shea nut butter, sunflower seed oil, natural peppermint flavor, citric acid, elderberry concentrate [for color]), chocolate flakes (sugar, cocoa paste, cocoa powder [processed with alkali], butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural vanilla flavor), inulin, rice flour, citrus fiber, raspberry concentrate (for color), natural peppermint flavor.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Peppermint italian gelato

Neighbours outside Whole Foods Market with screening scores in the same high band as Peppermint italian gelato (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Whole Foods Market; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Peppermint italian gelato has a longer ingredient list than 73% of its Desserts category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0099482462857: 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.