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Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel

by Ahold

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267132018 · Ahold · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0688267132018 · Serving size 0.5 cup (60 g)

The verdict

Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel by Ahold scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 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 39-component record, beginning with Milkfat And Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Sugar Cone Ribbon. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 39 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

67132018 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Coffee creamer · ±0 BOOK-OFF …132018 · July 2026

11 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 67132018 · 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: Coffee creamer · Nearest score peer is Coffee creamer 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. Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ahold, churn style waffle…90/1002. Coffee creamer: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Coffee creamer90/1003. Indian Inspired Butter Chicken: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Indian Inspired Butter Ch…90/1004. Ice cream sandwiches: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice cream sandwiches90/1005. Cheesecake: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheesecake90/100
High-band neighbours for Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel (90/100) outside Ahold.
Chart values as text

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

Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel
90/100
Coffee creamer
90/100
Indian Inspired Butter Chicken
90/100
Ice cream sandwiches
90/100
Cheesecake
90/100

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. Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel scores 2.9 points below that category average (90/100 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

Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 39 (92nd 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milkfat And Nonfat Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Sugar Cone Ribbon
4
Sugar Cone
5
Bleached Wheat Flour
6
Molasses
7
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
8
Cottonseed
9
Mono - And Diglycerides
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Soy Lecithin
12
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
13
Soybean Oil
14
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
15
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
16
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
17
Natural And Artificial Flavor
18
Cone Flakes
19
Sugar Cone Pieces
20
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
21
Soybean
22
Cottonseed Oil
23
Artificial Flavor
24
Chocolate Liquor
25
Buttermilk Powder
26
Nonfat Dry Milk
27
Natural Flavor
28
Sweet Cream Buttermilk
29
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
30
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Sweetened Condensed Whole Milk
32
Milk
33
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
34
Guar Gum
35
Cellulose Gum
36
Propylene Glycol Monoester
37
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
38
Disodium Phosphate
39
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Milkfat and nonfat milk, sugar, sugar cone ribbon (sugar cone [bleached wheat flour, sugar, molasses, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil {soybean; cottonseed}, mono - and diglycerides, salt, soy lecithin, caramel color], soybean oil, maltodextrin, powdered, sugar [sugar, cornstarch], coconut oil, salt, soy lecithin, mono - and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavor], cone flakes (sugar, sugar cone pieces [bleached wheat flour, sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening (soybean and/or cottonseed oil), soy lecithin, salt, caramel color, artificial flavor], coconut oil, chocolate liquor, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, natural flavor), sweet cream buttermilk, corn syrup, contains less than 2% of: high fructose corn syrup, sweetened condensed whole milk (milk, sugar), whey, mono - and diglycerides, guar gum, cellulose gum, propylene glycol monoester, natural flavor, carrageenan, disodium phosphate, salt, vitamin a palmitate.

Other products containing Sugar Cone Pieces

Sugar Cone Pieces is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel

Neighbours outside Ahold with screening scores in the same high band as Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ahold; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel'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 0688267132018: 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.