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Mint ice cream with chocolate-flavored chips between chocolate chip cookies sandwiches

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0492880701823 · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0492880701823 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (96 g)

The verdict

Mint ice cream with chocolate-flavored chips between chocolate chip cookies sandwiches scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 48-component record, beginning with Ice Cream, Milk, Cream. 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

80701823 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mint ice cream with chocolate-flavored chips between chocolate chip cookies sandwiches label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …701823 · July 2026

14 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 80701823 · 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

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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.

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 ice cream with chocolate-flavored chips between chocolate chip cookies sandwiches scores 47.9 points below that category average (45/100 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 ice cream with chocolate-flavored chips between chocolate chip cookies sandwiches lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 48 (97th 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 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ice Cream
2
Milk
3
Cream
4
Buttermilk
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
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
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
8
Chocolate Flavored Chips
9
Unsweetened Chocolate
10
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
11
Soy Lecithin
12
Vanilla
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Skim Milk
15
Or Less Of Redistilled Oil Of Peppermint
16
Carob Bean Gum
17
Cellulose Gum
18
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
19
Mono And Diglycerides
20
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
22
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
23
Enriched Wheat Flour
24
Wheat Flour
25
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Reduced Iron
27
Thiamin Mononitrate
28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
Brown Sugar
31
Palm Oil
32
Organic Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
33
Milkfat
34
Cocoa Butter
35
Unsweetened Chocolate Processed With Alkali
36
Vanilla Extract
37
Pasteurized Eggs
38
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
39
Or Less Of Margarine
40
Water
41
Or Less Of Mono & Diglycerides
42
Whey Solids
43
Natural And Artificial Flavor
44
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
45
Beta Carotene For Color
46
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Baking Soda
48
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Ice cream (milk, cream, buttermilk, sugar, whey, corn syrup, chocolate flavored chips [sugar, unsweetened chocolate, coconut oil, soy lecithin, vanilla, salt], skim milk, contains 2% or less of redistilled oil of peppermint, carob bean gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, yellow 5, blue 1), chocolate chocolate chip cookies (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, brown sugar, palm oil, semi-sweet chocolate chips [sugar, unsweetened chocolate, milkfat, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate processed with alkali, soy lecithin, vanilla extract], pasteurized eggs, cocoa processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of margarine [palm oil, water, salt, contains 2% or less of mono & diglycerides, whey solids, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, beta carotene for color, vitamin a palmitate], natural and artificial flavor, unsweetened chocolate, baking soda, salt, ammonium bicarbonate).

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mint ice cream with chocolate-flavored chips between chocolate chip cookies sandwiches's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Mint ice cream with chocolate-flavored chips between chocolate chip cookies sandwiches's 3 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 0492880701823: 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.