Avoid

Sherbet, Lime

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0713733948586 · Meijer · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0713733948586 · Serving size 0.5 cup (86 g)

The verdict

Sherbet, Lime by Meijer scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 16 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 16-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup. 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 16 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

45/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

33948586 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sherbet, Lime label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 16 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 64% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Premium Ice Cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …948586 · July 2026

8 of 16 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 33948586 · 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: Premium Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Premium Ice Cream 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 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sherbet, Lime: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sherbet, Lime45/1002. Premium Ice Cream: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Premium Ice Cream45/1003. Premium ice cream: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium ice cream45/1004. Marinos, Rainbow Italian Ices: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Marinos, Rainbow Italian …45/1005. Pepper Delights: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pepper Delights45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sherbet, Lime (45/100 on 16 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Sherbet, Lime
45/100
Premium Ice Cream
45/100
Premium ice cream
45/100
Marinos, Rainbow Italian Ices
45/100
Pepper Delights
45/100

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. Sherbet, Lime 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

Sherbet, Lime lists 16 ingredients on its label

16 36th percentile a longer ingredient list than 36% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Above this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Above this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Above this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 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: 16 (36th 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 16 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Water, sugar, corn syrup, nonfat milk, cream, contains less than 2% of whey, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, calcium sulfate, polysorbate 80, citric acid, lime juice concentrate, natural flavors, yellow 5, blue 1.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Sherbet, Lime

Neighbours outside Meijer in the same lower screening band as Sherbet, Lime (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sherbet, Lime's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 16-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Sherbet, Lime'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 0713733948586: 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.