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Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip

by Palazzolo's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0797043180089 · Palazzolo's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0797043180089 · Serving size 4 ONZ (113 g)

The verdict

Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip by Palazzolo's scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with 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.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 26 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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

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.

43180089 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 29% LEAD-FLAG Blue 1 PHOTO-FINISH Roll, Midgees Candy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …180089 · July 2026

8 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 1). Source sheet 43180089 · 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: Roll, Midgees Candy · Nearest score peer is Roll, Midgees Candy 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.

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. Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Palazzolo's, gelato, crem…25/1002. Roll, Midgees Candy: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Roll, Midgees Candy25/1003. Quality Products, Peach Rings: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Quality Products, Peach R…25/1004. Mrci, Quality Products, Gummi Worms: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mrci, Quality Products, G…25/1005. Quality Products, Gummi Bears: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Quality Products, Gummi B…25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip (25/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip
25/100
Roll, Midgees Candy
25/100
Quality Products, Peach Rings
25/100
Mrci, Quality Products, Gummi Worms
25/100
Quality Products, Gummi Bears
25/100

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. Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip scores 67.9 points below that category average (25/100 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

Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip 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 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk
2
Cream
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
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
5
Creme De Menthe Chips
6
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
7
Palm Kernel And Hydrogenated Palm
8
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
9
Nonfat Milk
10
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
11
Milk Protein Concentrate
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Natural Emulsifier
14
Natural And Artificial Flavors
15
Peppermint Oil
16
Colors Added
17
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
19
Nonfat Dry Milk
20
Creme De Menthe
21
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
22
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
23
Turmeric
24
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
25
Natural Flavors
26
Vegetable Stabilizer

Full Ingredient List

Milk, cream, sugar, corn syrup, creme de menthe chips (sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (palm kernel and palm), cocoa processed with alkali, nonfat milk, lactose, milk protein concentrate, soy lecithin (a natural emulsifier), natural and artificial flavors, peppermint oil, colors added (yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake), nonfat dry milk, creme de menthe (propylene glycol, xanthan gum, turmeric, blue 1, flavors), vegetable stabilizer.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip

Neighbours outside Palazzolo's in the same lower screening band as Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Palazzolo's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 1 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip'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 Blue 1. Open Blue 1
  • Compare Palazzolo's, gelato, creme de menthe chip'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 0797043180089: 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.