14/17 ingredients recognized
Blue Ribbon Classics Light Ice Cream
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Flagged concerns
high fructose corn syrup
Linked to obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease; often contains mercury from chlor-alkali processing.
titanium dioxide for color
Whitening agent; EU-banned as food additive since 2022 (E171) over genotoxicity concerns; nanoparticle accumulation.
artificial flavor, mono & diglycerides, polysorbate 60, titanium dioxide for color, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, red 3, blue 1 lake}, contains or less of mono & diglycerides, carob bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan, artificial
Synthetic dye; FDA-banned from food January 2025; animal carcinogen; thyroid effects.
corn syrup
Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.
artificial flavor
Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure
natural flavors, polysorbate 80, vitamin a palmitate
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Milk, buttermilk, sugar, blue frosting {corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, stabilizers (food starch-modified, cellulose gum, dextrose, carrageenan, gum arabic, citric acid, tricalcium phosphate, silicon dioxide), titanium dioxide for color, artificial flavor, citric acid, blue 1), whey, corn syrup, cream, sequin candy (sugar, corn starch, rice flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean, cottonseed), gum arabic, xanthan gum, confectioner's glaze, natural and artificial flavor, mono & diglycerides, polysorbate 60, titanium dioxide for color, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, red 3, blue 1 lake}, contains 2% or less of mono & diglycerides, carob bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan, artificial and natural flavors, polysorbate 80, vitamin a palmitate.