Ice Cream
Ice Cream by Signature Select has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.32 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
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Ice Cream have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Ice Cream sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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
Milk, cream, strawberry flavored swirl (strawberries, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, modified corn starch, natural flavors, citric acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [preservatives], red 40 [color]), sugar, nonfat milk, cheesecake pieces (cream cheese [milk, cream, cheese culture, salt, carob gum, guar gum, xanthan gum], graham crumbs [enriched wheat flour, graham flour, sugar, palm oil, brown sugar, honey, salt, baking soda, natural flavor], sugar, eggs, butter, wheat flour, powdered sugar, natural flavors, citric acid, xanthan gum, soy lecithin), corn syrup, cheesecake flavor base (corn syrup, water, dehydrated cheese flavored powder [nonfat milk solids, lactic acid, cultures], buttermilk powder, lactic acid, natural flavor, sugar), contains less than 2% of: mono and diglycerides, guar gum, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, carrageenan.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Ice Cream: 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: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Signature Select
- Barcode
- 0021130088102
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Ice Cream rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Ice Cream's 3.8/5 average puts it in the lower 84%, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Ice Cream's 3.8/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Ice Cream's 3.8/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.