Carmel Caribou
Carmel Caribou by Food Club has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.3 out of 5, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Desserts / Frozen foods / Frozen desserts
How This Score Is Built
Carmel Caribou draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Carmel Caribou sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.3 Top 93% higher than 7% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Milkfat and nonfat milk, sugar, caramel syrup [high fructose corn syrup, water, sweetened condensed skim milk (condensed skim milk, sugar), butter (cream, salt), food starch - modified, salt, artificial flavors, potassium sorbate (preservative), disodium phosphate, carrageenan], corn syrup, caramel cups [coating (sugar, coconut oil, cocoa processed with alkali, nonfat milk, milk, soy lecithin, natural flavors), corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), cream, butter (cream, salt), palm kernel oil, salt, natural and artificial flavors, soy lecithin, potassium sorbate (preservative)], contains less than 2% of mono - and diglycerides, guar gum, carob bean gum, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Carmel Caribou: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Food Club
- Barcode
- 0036800450714
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Carmel Caribou above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.3/5, Carmel Caribou sits behind 93% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.3/5 rating on Carmel Caribou?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Carmel Caribou's mapped ingredients average out to 3.3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.