Safe

Dark Chocolate Dream Bar

by Optavia

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0017642655611 · Optavia · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0017642655611 · Serving size 55g

The verdict

Dark Chocolate Dream Bar by Optavia scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 37-component record, beginning with Soy Protein Isolate, Brown Rice Syrup, Sugar. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 37 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

42655611 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dark Chocolate Dream Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Ascend · ±0 BOOK-OFF …655611 · July 2026

12 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 42655611 · 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: Ascend · Nearest score peer is Ascend at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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. Dark Chocolate Dream Bar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dark Chocolate Dream Bar95/1002. Ascend: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ascend95/1003. Paradigm, Classic Italian Salad Dressing And Marinade: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Paradigm, Classic Italian…95/1004. 10 mg THC Cannabis Infused Soda, Classic Root Beer: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. 10 mg THC Cannabis Infuse…95/1005. Delistyle White Chicken Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Delistyle White Chicken S…95/100
High-band neighbours for Dark Chocolate Dream Bar (95/100) outside Optavia.
Chart values as text

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

Dark Chocolate Dream Bar
95/100
Ascend
95/100
Paradigm, Classic Italian Salad Dressing And Marinade
95/100
10 mg THC Cannabis Infused Soda, Classic Root Beer
95/100
Delistyle White Chicken Salad
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 3,895 products we've scored in the Dietary supplements category, the average safety score is 93.5/100. Dark Chocolate Dream Bar scores 1.5 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.5/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Dietary supplements products

Dark Chocolate Dream Bar lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% of the 2,658 products we track

0–2: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 102 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 197 products (7%). Below this entry. 6–8: 258 products (10%). Below this entry. 8–10: 249 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 252 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 226 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 185 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 152 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 131 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 127 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 87 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 88 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 64 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 57 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 39 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 33 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 41 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 47 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 36 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 255 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dietary supplements 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

2,658 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
32 products (1%)
2–4
102 products (4%)
4–6
197 products (7%)
6–8
258 products (10%)
8–10
249 products (9%)
10–12
252 products (9%)
12–14
226 products (9%)
14–16
185 products (7%)
16–18
152 products (6%)
18–20
131 products (5%)
20–22
127 products (5%)
22–24
87 products (3%)
24–26
88 products (3%)
26–28
64 products (2%)
28–30
57 products (2%)
30–32
39 products (1%)
32–34
33 products (1%)
34–36
41 products (2%)
36–38
47 products (2%)
38–40
36 products (1%)
40 and above
255 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 2,658 Dietary supplements 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Soy Protein Isolate
2
Brown Rice Syrup
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Invert Cane Sugar
5
Organic Cocoa
6
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
7
Glycerine
8
Water
9
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Oligofructose
Sweetener
Safe
11
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
12
Whey Protein Isolate
13
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
14
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
15
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
16
Natural Flavor
17
Gum Arabic
18
Unsweetened Chocolate
19
Egg White
20
Maltitol Syrup
21
Enzyme Modified Soy Protein
22
Milk Protein Isolate
23
High Oleic Sunflower Oil With Tocopherols
24
Added To Protect Flavor
25
Soy Lecithin
26
Citrus Fiber
27
Canola Oil
28
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
29
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
30
Cocoa Butter
31
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
32
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Milk
34
Steviol Glycosides
35
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
36
Soy
37
Egg

Full Ingredient List

Soy protein isolate, brown rice syrup, sugar, invert cane sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), polydextrose, glycerine, water, fructose, oligofructose, fractionated palm kernel oil, whey protein isolate, calcium caseinate, corn syrup, tapioca starch, natural flavor, gum arabic, unsweetened chocolate, egg white, maltitol syrup, enzyme modified soy protein, milk protein isolate, high oleic sunflower oil with tocopherols (added to protect flavor), soy lecithin, citrus fiber, canola oil, casein, pectin, cocoa butter, potassium lactate, salt, milk, steviol glycosides, carrageenan. CONTAINS: SOY, MILK, AND EGG.

Categories

Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein bars

High-score cross-brand comparables for Dark Chocolate Dream Bar

Neighbours outside Optavia with screening scores in the same high band as Dark Chocolate Dream Bar (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Optavia; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polydextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dark Chocolate Dream Bar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Dark Chocolate Dream Bar's 1 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 0017642655611: 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.