Nestle Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream

Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream: 4.8/5 ingredient safety

Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream by Nestle has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.8 out of 5, 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Desserts / Frozen foods / Frozen desserts

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream, 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream sits nationally

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

4.8 Top 16% higher than 84% 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

4.8
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 4.8 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Dairy product solids, water, cake crunch (bleached wheat flour, sugar, palm oil coconut, red beet juice color, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor, baking soda), sugar, skim milk, corn syrup cream, soybean oil, strawberry puree, palm oil tapioca maltodextrin, citric acid, propylene glycol monostearate, guar gum, natural flavor, vegetable juice color, cellulose gel, monoglycerides, carob bean gum, pectin, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, modified potato starch, beta carotene color, salt.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Strawberry Shortcake 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.

Product Details

Brand
Nestle
Barcode
0028000065812
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream's 4.8/5 average puts it in the safer 84%, 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.8/5 rating on Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.8/5 average places Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream in the Generally Safe 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.