Light ice cream
Light ice cream by Turkey Hill has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Desserts / Frozen foods / Frozen desserts / Ice creams and sorbets / Ice creams
How This Score Is Built
Light ice cream 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). 7 of its 7 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 Light ice cream sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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, sugar, corn syrup, nonfat milk, whey, cream, polydextrose, calcium carbonate, propylene glycol monoesters, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavors, vanilla bean, vitamin a, vitamin d3.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Light 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: 3.9/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
- Deli Shaved Turkey Breast Δ 0 additives · Black Forest, Bars 7additives · 3.1/5
- Cooked pastrami Δ 0 additives 7additives · 3.3/5
- Deli style thin sliced Δ 0 additives · Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc 7additives · 3.3/5
- Deli Thin-Sliced Black Forest Ham Δ 0 additives · Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc 7additives · 3.3/5
Product Details
- Brand
- Turkey Hill
- Barcode
- 0020735121146
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Light ice cream above or below average on ingredient safety?
Light ice cream scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Light ice cream's 3.9/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Light ice cream's mapped ingredients average out to 3.9/5, 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.