Caution

CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE

by Slimfast

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0008346500086 · Slimfast · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0008346500086 · Serving size 11 OZA (325 ml)

The verdict

CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE by Slimfast scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Water, Calcium Caseinate, Milk Protein Concentrate. 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 40 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

46500086 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Advanced Nutrition Creamy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …500086 · July 2026

20 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 46500086 · 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: Advanced Nutrition Creamy Chocolate Meal Replacement Shake · Nearest score peer is Advanced Nutrition Creamy Chocolate 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REP…80/1002. Advanced Nutrition Creamy Chocolate Meal Replacement Shake: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Advanced Nutrition Creamy…80/1003. Caramel Latte: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Caramel Latte80/1004. Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Slim Fast, Protein Meal B…80/1005. Ristorante, Thin Crust Pizza With Pepperoni, Mozzarella, Pesto: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ristorante, Thin Crust Pi…80/100
High-band neighbours for CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE (80/100) outside Slimfast.
Chart values as text

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

CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE
80/100
Advanced Nutrition Creamy Chocolate Meal Replacement Shake
80/100
Caramel Latte
80/100
Slim Fast, Protein Meal Bars, Chocolate Fudge Brownie
80/100
Ristorante, Thin Crust Pizza With Pepperoni, Mozzarella, Pesto
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE scores 10.5 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Below this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 products (2%)

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 16,917 Beverages 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 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
3
Milk Protein Concentrate
4
Canola Oil
5
Organic Cocoa
6
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
7
Cellulose Gel
8
Natural And Artificial Flavors
9
Potassium Phosphate
10
Mono And Diglycerides
11
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
12
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Soy Lecithin
15
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
16
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
17
Sodium Citrate
18
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
19
Magnesium Phosphate
20
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
21
Calcium Phosphate
22
Vitamin E Acetate
23
Zinc Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Ferric Orthophosphate
25
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Chromium Chloride
33
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
34
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
35
Sodium Molybdate
36
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
37
Phylloquinone
38
Sodium Selenite
39
Cyanocobalamin
40
Cholecalciferol

Full Ingredient List

Water, calcium caseinate, milk protein concentrate, canola oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), maltodextrin, cellulose gel, natural and artificial flavors, potassium phosphate, mono and diglycerides, glycerin, potassium citrate, salt, soy lecithin, sucralose, carrageenan, sodium citrate, citric acid, caramel color. vitamins and minerals: magnesium phosphate, sodium ascorbate,calcium phosphate, vitamin e acetate, zinc gluconate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, chromium chloride, folic acid, biotin, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide, phylloquinone, sodium selenite, cyanocobalamin, cholecalciferol

Categories

Beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE

Neighbours outside Slimfast with screening scores in the same high band as CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Slimfast; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare CREAMY CHOCOLATE MEAL REPLACEMENT SHAKE'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 0008346500086: 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.