Slim fast
by Slimfast
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0008346026371 · Slimfast · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Slim fast by Slimfast scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Sugar, Sunflower Creamer, Sunflower Oil; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 13 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0008346026371
- Barcode (UPC/EAN)
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
50/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
70/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
N/A
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
46026371 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Slim fast label screening desk
8 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 46026371 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Meal replacement shake · Nearest score peer is Meal replacement shake at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.
Nutri-Score is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Slim fast scores 23.6 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products
Slim fast lists 13 ingredients on its label
13 11th percentile a longer ingredient list than 11% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 12 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 83 products (1%)
- 4–6
- 127 products (1%)
- 6–8
- 209 products (2%)
- 8–10
- 312 products (3%)
- 10–12
- 315 products (3%)
- 12–14
- 412 products (4%)
- 14–16
- 477 products (4%)
- 16–18
- 542 products (5%)
- 18–20
- 552 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 545 products (5%)
- 22–24
- 550 products (5%)
- 24–26
- 552 products (5%)
- 26–28
- 552 products (5%)
- 28–30
- 574 products (5%)
- 30–32
- 517 products (5%)
- 32–34
- 466 products (4%)
- 34–36
- 451 products (4%)
- 36–38
- 443 products (4%)
- 38–40
- 388 products (3%)
- 40 and above
- 3,204 products (28%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 13 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
sugar, sunflower creamer (sunflower oil, buttermilk disodium phosphate, natural flavor silicom diurue cele shommeral blend: calcium carbonate, dipotassium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium oxide d-laupha toprer inbe usa with ingredients of international and domestic origin. and soy. sweetened with nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners. contains pheriala 150mcg 15% 300mcg 35% | ometrate natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, salt, lecithin, acesulfame potassium, aspartame
Other products containing Sunflower Creamer
Sunflower Creamer is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 41 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Slimfast
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Slim fast
Neighbours outside Slimfast near Slim fast's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Slimfast; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 13 on 0008346026371).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (13 on 0008346026371).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Slim fast's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
- Compare Slim fast's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0008346026371: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.