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Desserts Roundup

We analyzed 1998 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Desserts shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 1998 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Desserts you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
244
Sugar
29g
Friendly's

Sundae Ice Cream

Ingredients: Milk, caramel (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sweetened condensed skim milk [pasteurized skim milk, sugars], water, heavy cream, butter [cream, salt], natural flavors, sodium alginate, salt, sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate), cream, skim milk, sugar, whipped topping [water, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, dextrose, corn syrup, sodium caseinate, carbohydrate gum, polysorbate 60, artificial flavor, salt, soy protein isolate, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, sodium citrate, soy lecithin, xanthan gum), corn syrup, chocolate flakes (sugar, chocolate, milkfat, cocoa butter, chocolate [processed with alkali], soy lecithin, vanilla extract), whey protein concentrate, natural flavor, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, annatto and turmeric extract (color).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
227
Sugar
23g
Friendly's Manufacturing And Retail Llc

Premium Ice Cream

Ingredients: Milk, cream, skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, whey protein concentrate, whey, natural flavor, guar gum, annatto and turmeric extract (color), mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, blue 1.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
160
Sugar
19g
Friendly's

Orange Cream Ice Cream Bars

Ingredients: Milk, sugar, water, cream, corn syrup, skim milk solids, high fructose corn syrup, whey, orange pulp, natural flavors, concentrated orange juice, vanilla extract, citric acid, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, carob bean gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, pectin, yellow 6.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
200
Sugar
17g
Friendly's

Ice Creak, Forbidden Chocolate

Ingredients: Milk, cream, skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, cocoa (processed with alkali), whey protein concentrate, whey, buttermilk, natural flavor, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
227
Sugar
20g
Friendly's

Premium Ice Cream, Rich & Creamy Classic Chocolate

Ingredients: Milk, cream,skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, cocoa (processed with alkali), whey protein concentrate, whey, buttermilk, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
224
Sugar
21g
Friendly's

Ice Cream

Ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar, skim milk, corn syrup, chocolate liquor, whey protein concentrate, whey, buttermilk, natural flavor, cocoa butter, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, soy lecithin, annatto extract and turmeric (for color), carrageenan, blue 1.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
200
Sugar
20g
Friendly's

Premium Ice Cream Rich & Creamy Strawberry

Ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar, strawberries, corn syrup, skim milk, high fructose corn syrup, whey protein concentrate, whey natural flavor, beet juice (color), guar gum, pectin, citric acid, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, annatto and turmeric extract (color).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
197
Sugar
20g
Friendly's

Coffee

Ingredients: Milk, cream, skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, coffee extract, whey protein concentrate, whey, buttermilk, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
246
Sugar
24g
Friendly's

Sundae

Ingredients: Milk, skim milk, cream, sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel, soybean) with soya lecithin, high fructose corn syrup, cocoa (processed with alkali), whey protein concentrate, whey, chocolate, phosphoric acid, vanilla extract, natural flavor, dextrose, guar gum, salt, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, sodium caseinate, carbohydrate gum, soy protein isolate, polysorbate 60, artificial flavor, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, sodium citrate, chocolate (processed with alkali), carrageenan, annatto and turmeric extract (color).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
237
Sugar
20g
The Schwan Food Company

Original Flaky Crust Pumpkin Pie, Butter

Ingredients: Filling: pumpkin, sugar, milk, eggs, corn syrup, modified food starch, nonfat milk, spice, salt, carob bean gum, carrageenan, dextrose. crust: wheat flour, shortening butter blend (palm oil, butter [cream, salt]), palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, dextrose, yeast, mono - and diglycerides.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
260
Sugar
15g
The Schwan Food Company

Apple pie, apple

Ingredients: Filling: apples, water, sugar, modified food starch, corn syrup, brown sugar, salt, spice, xanthan gum. crust: wheat flour, shortening butter blend (palm oil, butter [cream, salt]), palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, dextrose, yeast, mono - and diglycerides, apple juice concentrate.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
115
Sugar
19g
Tropical Cheese Industries Inc.

Caramel Flan

Ingredients: Milk, sugar, corn syrup, whole eggs, water, high fructose corn syrup, modified food starch, carrageenan, locust bean gum, artificial flavor, salt, potassium sorbate to maintain freshness, yellow #5 and yellow #6.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
0
Sugar
23g
Hunt's

Orange/Strawberry Gels, 3.5 oz, 14 OZ

Ingredients: Water, Sugar, Apple Juice from Concentrate (Water, Apple Juice), Less than 2% of: Carrageenan, Adipic Acid, Citric Acid, Carob Bean Gum, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Citrate, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Red 40.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
421
Sugar
44g
Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company

Tastykake, krimpets, iced sponge cakes, strawberry

Ingredients: Sugar, bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate-b1, riboflavin-b2, folic acid), water, eggs, vegetable shortening (soybean oil, palm oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, cottonseed oil, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, and/or hydrogenated cottonseed oil with tbhq and citric acid added to preserve freshness), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, contains two percent or less of: cornstarch, skim milk, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), mono & diglycerides, food starch - modified, whey (milk), salt, isolated soy protein, butter, strawberries, xanthan gum, coconut oil, corn flour, sorbitan monostearate, soy lecithin, polysorbate 60, natural and artificial flavors, sorbic acid (to preserve freshness), fd&c red #40 lake, nutmeg.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
241
Sugar
20g
Brigham's Inc.

Ice Cream, Vanilla

Ingredients: Cream, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, guar gum, salt, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80, carrageenan, potassium phosphate, cellulose gum.

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
37
Sugar
6g
Del Monte, Del Monte Foods

Del monte, orchard select, sliced cling peaches

Ingredients: Peaches, water, sorbitol, ascorbic acid (to protect color), acesulfame potassium, sucralose, citric acid.

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
71
Sugar
15g
Del Monte

Ananas

Ingredients: Pineapple, clarified pineapple juice, sugar.

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
63
Sugar
13g
Del Monte

Mandarinen

Ingredients: MANDARINES, EAU, SUCRE, CORRECTEUR D'ACIDITÉ: ACIDE CITRIQUE.

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
56
Sugar
10g
Signature

Apple sauce

Ingredients: Apples, water, ascorbic acid (vitamin c).

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
222
Sugar
26g
Signature Select,Safeway Inc.

Caramel Caribou Ice Cream

Ingredients: SKIM MILK, CREAM, SUGAR, CARAMEL SWIRL (HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, SWEETENED CONDENSED SKIM MILK [SKIM MILK, SUGAR], BUTTER (CREAM SALTI, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), CARRAGEENAN), CARAMEL FLAVORED CUPS (SUGAR, COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK [MILK, SUGAR], NONFAT MILK, MILK, COCOA [PROCESSED WITH ALKALI], CREAM, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT, PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, VANILLIN [AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR] POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE]) CORN SYRUP, WHEY, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM SULFATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL (FOR COLOR).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
200
Sugar
20g
Signature Select,Safeway Inc.

Neapolitan Ice Cream

Ingredients: SKIM MILK, CREAM SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, STRAWBERRIES (STRAWBERRIES, CORN SYRUP, WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), RED 40), STRAWBERRY PUREE (CORN SYRUP, STRAWBERRIES, WATER, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM Ξ’Ξ•ΞΞ–ΞŸΞ‘Ξ€Ξ• [PRESERVATIVE], RED 40), WHEY, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM SULFATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL STRAWBERRY FLAVOR, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR, ANNATTO (FOR COLOR).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
244
Sugar
23g
Signature Select

Cookie Dough Ice Crean

Ingredients: SKIM MILK, CREAM, COOKIE DOUGH AND CHOCOLATE FLAVORED FLAKES (WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, COCONUT OIL, FULLY HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALD), SALT, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVORS), BROWN SUGAR, MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, ANNATTO (FOR COLOR)), CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN), WATER, CORN STARCH, SALT, BAKING SODA, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WHEY, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM SULFATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, ARTIFICIAL VANILLA FLAVOR, ANNATTO (FOR COLOR). CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY, MILK. MAY CONTAIN: TREE NUTS (COCONUT, CASHEW, HAZELNUT, PISTACHIO, PECAN, WALNUT, ALMOND, MACADAMIA NUT), EGGS, PEANUT.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
211
Sugar
21g
Signature Select, Safeway Inc.

Ice cream

Ingredients: Skim milk, cream, sugar, fudge flakes (sugar, coconut oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], fully hydrogenated coconut oil, cocoa, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor), corn syrup, coffee flavor (coffee, natural flavor, annatto [for color]), whey, contains 2% or less of mono - and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium sulfate, locust bean gum, carrageenan.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
197
Sugar
21g
Signature Select

Simply Churned Mocha Almond Fudge

Ingredients: Nonfat milk, cream, sugar, chocolate marble (corn syrup, water, sugar, cocoa, modified corn starch, cocoa processed with alkali, salt, nonfat dry milk, carrageenan, natural flavors, citric acid), milk, corn syrup, roasted almonds (almonds, partially hydrogenated soybean oil), whey protein, natural coffee flavor, stabilizer (tapioca starch, guar gum, mono & diglycerides, tara gum, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, xanthan gum, carrageenan), vitamin a palmitate.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
258
Sugar
18g
Safeway Select, Safeway Inc.

Premium Ice Cream, Butter Pecan

Ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar, nonfat milk, roasted pecans (pecans, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, butter [pasteurized cream], salt), corn syrup, pecan flavor (water, salt, sugar, natural flavors, caramel color), mono and diglycerides, guar gum, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, carrageenan, annatto (color).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
254
Sugar
19g
Safeway Select, Safeway Inc.

Premium Ice Cream, Rocky Road

Ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar, marshmallows (corn syrup, sucrose, modified corn starch, water, gelatin, tetrasodium pyrophosphate), roasted almonds (almonds, partially hydrogenated soybean oil), corn syrup, nonfat milk, cocoa processed with alkali, chocolate liquor, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, carrageenan.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
59
Sugar
5g
Lucerne,Safeway

Greek Nonfat Yogurt

Ingredients: Cultured, pasteurized grade A non fat _milk_, _milk_ protein concentrate, organic corn starch, vitamin A acetate, Vitamin D3

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
82
Sugar
11g
Lucerne, Safeway Inc.

Strawberry Lowfat Yogurt

Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized low fat milk, strawberry flavored base (water, sugar, strawberries, modified corn starch, natural flavor, fruit and vegetable juice concentrate [for color], citric acid, malic acid), sugar, modified corn starch, pectin, carrageenan, tricalcium phosphate.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
100
Sugar
40g
Signature

Maraschino cherries

Ingredients: Cherries, water, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), fd&c red 40, and sulfur dioxide (preservative).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
109
Sugar
13g
Snack Pack

Pudding vanilla

Ingredients: Water, nonfat milk, sugar, modified corn starch, partially hydrogenated palm oil, less than 2% of : calcium carbonate, salt, sodium stearoyl lactylate, disodium phosphate, natural and artificial flavors, color added (including Yellow 5, Yellow 6).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Desserts category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 1998 products in the Desserts category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Desserts?+
We rank Desserts based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Desserts here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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