Caution

original

by Slimfast

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0008346026388 · Slimfast · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0008346026388 · Serving size 26g

The verdict

original by Slimfast scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-component record, beginning with Sugar, Sunflower Creamer, Sunflower Oil. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 53 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0008346026388
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.

46026388 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

original label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Meal replacement shake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …026388 · July 2026

23 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 46026388 · 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.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. original: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. original70/1002. Meal replacement shake: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Meal replacement shake70/1003. Sugar Free Dark Chocolate: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar Free Dark Chocolate70/1004. Hot Italian Sausage: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hot Italian Sausage70/1005. Mild Italian Sausgae: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mild Italian Sausgae70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for original (70/100 on 53 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

original
70/100
Meal replacement shake
70/100
Sugar Free Dark Chocolate
70/100
Hot Italian Sausage
70/100
Mild Italian Sausgae
70/100

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. original 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

original lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Sunflower Creamer
3
Sunflower Oil
4
Buttermilk
5
Disodium Phosphate
6
Natural Flavor
7
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
8
Cellulose Gel
9
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
10
Milk Protein Concentrate
11
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
12
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
13
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
14
Dicalcium Phosphate
15
Magnesium Oxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
16
Dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
17
Vitamin E
18
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
19
Vitamin C
20
Ferric Orthophosphate
21
Iron
22
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Vitamin B3
24
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
25
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Phytonadione
29
Vitamin K1
30
Sodium Molybdate
31
Sodium Selenite
32
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
33
Cholecalciferol
34
Vitamin D3
35
D-calcium Pantothenate
36
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
37
Chromium Chloride
38
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Vitamin B6
40
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Vitamin B1
42
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
43
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Vitamin B2
45
Cyanocobalamin
46
Vitamin B12
47
Natural And Artificial Flavor
48
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
49
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
50
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
51
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
52
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
53
Milk And Soy

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, sunflower creamer (sunflower oil, buttermilk, disodium phosphate, natural flavor, silicon dioxide), cellulose gel, maltodextrin, milk protein concentrate, vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, dipotassium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate [vitamin E], sodium ascorbate [vitamin C], ferric orthophosphate [iron], niacinamide [vitamin B3], potassium iodide, zinc oxide, manganese sulfate, vitamin A palmitate, phytonadione [vitamin K1], sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, copper gluconate, cholecalciferol [vitamin D3], D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, chromium chloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin B6], thiamine mononitrate [vitamin B1], folic acid, riboflavin [vitamin B2], cyanocobalamin [vitamin B12]), natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, salt, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, lecithin. Contains milk and soy.

Categories

Meals Meal replacements

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for original

Neighbours outside Slimfast near original's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Slimfast; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from original's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare original'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 0008346026388: 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.