Caution

Premium Ice Cream

by Purple Cow

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0708820318465 · Purple Cow · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0708820318465 · Serving size 0.5 cup (68 g)

The verdict

Premium Ice Cream by Purple Cow scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Skim Milk, Cream, Sugar. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 26 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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

20318465 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Premium Ice Cream label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 29% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Meijer, caramel filled · ±0 BOOK-OFF …318465 · July 2026

8 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 20318465 · 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: Meijer, caramel filled chocolate eggs · Nearest score peer is Meijer, caramel filled chocolate eggs 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.

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.

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. Premium Ice Cream: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Premium Ice Cream70/1002. Meijer, caramel filled chocolate eggs: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Meijer, caramel filled ch…70/1003. Orange Sherbet: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Orange Sherbet70/1004. Nonfat blended: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nonfat blended70/1005. Light nonfat yogurt: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Light nonfat yogurt70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Premium Ice Cream (70/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Premium Ice Cream
70/100
Meijer, caramel filled chocolate eggs
70/100
Orange Sherbet
70/100
Nonfat blended
70/100
Light nonfat yogurt
70/100

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. Premium 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

Premium Ice Cream lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 71st percentile a longer ingredient list than 71% 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: 26 (71st 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Cream
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Moose Tracks Fudge Ripple
5
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
6
Vegetable Oil
7
Peanut
8
Cottonseed
9
Palm Oil
10
Organic Cocoa
11
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
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Natural Flavors
15
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
16
Peppermint Bark
17
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
18
Crunch Bits
19
Flaked Corn
20
Yellow Corn Flour
21
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Corn Syrup Solids
23
Or Less Of Natural Flavor
24
Locust Bean Gum
25
Guar Gum
26
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

Skim milk, cream, sugar, moose tracks fudge ripple (sugar, cornstarch, vegetable oil [peanut and/or cottonseed and/or palm oil], cocoa [processed with alkali], whey, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavors), corn syrup, peppermint bark (sugar, coconut oil, crunch bits [sugar, flaked corn, yellow corn flour, coconut oil, crunch bits [sugar, flaked corn, yellow corn flour, coconut oil, cornstarch, red 40, corn syrup solids], natural flavors, skim milk, soy lecithin, salt), whey, contains 2% or less of natural flavor, red 40, locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Premium Ice Cream

Neighbours outside Purple Cow near Premium Ice Cream's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Purple Cow; these peers cross brands.

Same mid-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 26 on 0708820318465).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (26 on 0708820318465).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Premium Ice Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 26-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Premium 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 0708820318465: 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.