Caution

Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie

by Ksf Acquisition Corporation

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0008346121427 · Ksf Acquisition Corporation · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0008346121427 · Serving size 1 BAR (52 g)

The verdict

Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie by Ksf Acquisition Corporation scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Isolated soy protein, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Sulfites. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

46121427 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Slimfast · ±0 BOOK-OFF …121427 · July 2026

25 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 46121427 · 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: Slimfast · Nearest score peer is Slimfast 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Slim Fast, Protein Meal B…80/1002. Slimfast: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Slimfast80/1003. CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REP…80/1004. STRAWBERRIES & CREAM MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. STRAWBERRIES & CREAM MEAL…80/1005. Slim Fast Coffee House: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Slim Fast Coffee House80/100
High-band neighbours for Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie (80/100) outside Ksf Acquisition Corporation.
Chart values as text

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

Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie
80/100
Slimfast
80/100
CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE
80/100
STRAWBERRIES & CREAM MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE
80/100
Slim Fast Coffee House
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie scores 6.1 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
2
High Maltose Corn Syrup
3
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
4
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
5
Soluble Corn Fiber
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Fructooligosaccharides
8
Organic Cocoa
9
Skim Milk Solids
10
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
11
Enriched Wheat Flour
12
Wheat Flour
13
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Iron
15
Thiamin Mononitrate
16
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
18
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
19
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
20
Water
21
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
22
Natural Chocolate
23
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
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
25
Sunflower Oil
26
Nonfat Milk
27
Soy Lecithin
28
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
29
Natural And Artificial Flavor
30
Coffee
31
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
32
Nonnutritive Sweetener
33
Gum Arabic
34
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
35
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
36
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
37
Corn Syrup Solids
38
Ammoniated Glycyrrhizin
39
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
40
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
41
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
42
Vitamin E Acetate
43
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
45
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
46
Vitamin B6
47
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
48
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Cyanocobalamin
50
Vitamin B12
51
Phytonadione
52
Vitamin K1
53
Cholecalciferol
54
Vitamin D3
55
Sweetened With Nutritive Sweeteners And A Nonnutritive Sweetener

Full Ingredient List

Isolated soy protein, high maltose corn syrup (sulfites), corn syrup, soluble corn fiber, sugar, fructooligosaccharides, cocoa (processed with alkali), skim milk solids, fractionated palm kernel oil, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), polydextrose, glycerin, water, cocoa, invert sugar syrup, chocolate, whey, maltodextrin, sunflower oil, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, salt, natural and artificial flavor, coffee, sucralose (nonnutritive sweetener), gum arabic, sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, caramel color, corn syrup solids, ammoniated glycyrrhizin, natural hickory smoke flavor. vitamin and minerals: calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, ascorbic acid, vitamin e acetate, niacinamide, biotin, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, vitamin a palmitate, calcium pantothenate, cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), thiamin mononitrate, phytonadione (vitamin k1), cholecalciferol (vitamin d3), sweetened with nutritive sweeteners and a nonnutritive sweetener

Other products containing Ammoniated Glycyrrhizin

Ammoniated Glycyrrhizin is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Neighbours outside Ksf Acquisition Corporation with screening scores in the same high band as Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ksf Acquisition Corporation; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polydextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie'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 0008346121427: 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.