Safe

The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich

by Manhattan Beach Creamery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0858719004051 · Manhattan Beach Creamery · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0858719004051 · Serving size 0.5 SANDWICH (91 g)

The verdict

The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich by Manhattan Beach Creamery scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Chocolate Chip Cookies, Organic Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips, Sugar. 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 44 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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

19004051 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Premium Ice Cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …004051 · July 2026

12 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 19004051 · 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

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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. The Original Artisan Ice …90/1002. Premium Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Premium Ice Cream90/1003. Apple fritters: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Apple fritters90/1004. Ice Cream Sandwiches: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream Sandwiches90/1005. Ice Cream Bars: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice Cream Bars90/100
High-band neighbours for The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich (90/100) outside Manhattan Beach Creamery.
Chart values as text

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

The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich
90/100
Premium Ice Cream
90/100
Apple fritters
90/100
Ice Cream Sandwiches
90/100
Ice Cream Bars
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. The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich 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

The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 44 (96th 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 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chocolate Chip Cookies
2
Organic Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Natural Chocolate
5
Cocoa Butter
6
Milkfat
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Natural Flavors
9
Enriched Wheat Flour
10
Flour
11
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Iron
13
Thiamin Mononitrate
14
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
16
Butter
17
Pasteurized Cream
18
Flavoring
19
Brown Sugar
20
Eggs
21
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Vanilla Extract
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Baking Soda
25
Ice Cream
26
Milk
27
Cream
28
Skim Milk
29
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
30
Stabilizer And Emulsifier
31
Locust Bean Gum
32
Guar Gum
33
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
34
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
35
Dark Chocolate
36
Chocolate Liquor
37
Natural Vanilla Flavoring
38
Caramel Paste
39
Caramel Sugar
40
Water
41
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
42
Flavorings
43
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
44
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

Chocolate chip cookies (semi-sweet chocolate chips [sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, natural flavors], enriched wheat flour [flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], butter [pasteurized cream, natural flavoring], brown sugar, sugar, eggs, invert sugar, soy lecithin, vanilla extract, salt, baking soda), ice cream (milk, cream, sugar, skim milk, whey, vanilla extract, stabilizer and emulsifier [locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan], lecithin), dark chocolate (chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavoring), caramel paste (caramel sugar, water, caramel color, flavorings, citric acid), vanilla extract, brown sugar, sea salt.

Other products containing Stabilizer And Emulsifier

Stabilizer And Emulsifier is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 9 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice creams and sorbets Ice creams Ice cream sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich

Neighbours outside Manhattan Beach Creamery with screening scores in the same high band as The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich (90/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Manhattan Beach Creamery; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare The Original Artisan Ice Cream Sandwich'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 0858719004051: 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.