Spartan NOVA 4

Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge

Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge: 4.1/5 ingredient safety

Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge by Spartan has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge 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). 8 of its 8 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 Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

4.1
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.1 out of 5
Based on 8 tracked ingredients
8
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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, butter fudge syrup (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, buttermilk, sugar, nonfat milk, chocolate liquor, whey, butter, cocoa (processed with alkali), pectin, mono- and diglycerides, salt, potassium sorbate (preservative), soy lecithin, xanthan gum, natural flavor), corn syrup, high fructose fructose corn syrup, brownie fudge pieces (powdered sugar (sugar, corn starch), partially hydrogenated nonfat milk, sugar), coconut oil, sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, nonfat milk, dextrose, vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: soybean oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or cottonseed oil), corn syrup, eggs, natural flavors, soy lecithin, salt, whey, leavenings (sodium acid pyrophosphate, corn starch, xanthan gum), sweetcream buttermilk, sugar, contains less than 2% of whey, guar gum, mono- & diglycerides, xanthan gum, pol

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Spartan
Barcode
0011213011486
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge's 4.1/5 average puts it in the safer 58%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge's 4.1/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Ice Cream, Mackinac Island Fudge's mapped ingredients average out to 4.1/5, which is the Low Risk 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.