Avoid

Gourmet light ice cream

by Lovin' Scoopful

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0898987001185 · Lovin' Scoopful · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0898987001185 · Serving size 1/2 cup (62 g)

The verdict

Gourmet light ice cream by Lovin' Scoopful scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Skim Milk, Sugar, Cream. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 34 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

87001185 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gourmet light ice cream label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Bacon Veggie Strips, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001185 · July 2026

12 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 87001185 · 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: Bacon Veggie Strips, Bacon · Nearest score peer is Bacon Veggie Strips, Bacon 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. Gourmet light ice cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Gourmet light ice cream40/1002. Bacon Veggie Strips, Bacon: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bacon Veggie Strips, Bacon40/1003. Sugar free raspberry syrup: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar free raspberry syrup40/1004. Sugar Free Raspberry Flavoring Syrup: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sugar Free Raspberry Flav…40/1005. Torani, flavoring syrup, raspberry: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Torani, flavoring syrup, …40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Gourmet light ice cream (40/100 on 34 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Gourmet light ice cream
40/100
Bacon Veggie Strips, Bacon
40/100
Sugar free raspberry syrup
40/100
Sugar Free Raspberry Flavoring Syrup
40/100
Torani, flavoring syrup, raspberry
40/100

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. Gourmet light ice cream scores 52.9 points below that category average (40/100 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

Gourmet light ice cream lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 34 (86th 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Cream
4
Chocolate Mint Hearts & Dark Chocolate Flakes
5
Coating
6
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
7
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
8
Organic Cocoa
9
Milk Fat
10
Soy Lecithin
11
Natural Flavors
12
Confectioners Sugar
13
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
14
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
15
Organic Cocoa
16
Milk
17
Butter Oil
18
Peppermint Oil
19
Natural Flavor
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Artificial Flavor
22
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
24
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
25
Or Less Of Whey Protein Isolate
26
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
27
Guar Gum
28
Mono - And Diglycerides
29
Tara Gum
30
Cellulose Gum
31
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
32
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
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
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Skim milk, sugar, cream, chocolate mint hearts & dark chocolate flakes (coating [sugar, coconut oil, cocoa processed with alkali, natural cocoa, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural flavors], sugar, confectioners sugar, cornstarch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, coconut oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], skim milk, milk, butter oil, soy lecithin, peppermint oil, natural flavor, salt, artificial flavor, yellow 5, blue 1), corn syrup, contains 2% or less of whey protein isolate, tapioca starch, guar gum, mono - and diglycerides, tara gum, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, xanthan gum, carrageenan, yellow 5, blue 1, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Gourmet light ice cream

Neighbours outside Lovin' Scoopful in the same lower screening band as Gourmet light ice cream (40/100). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Lovin' Scoopful; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Gourmet light ice cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Gourmet light ice cream's 4 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 0898987001185: 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.