Safe

ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend

by Optavia

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0017642781259 · Optavia · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0017642781259 · Serving size 16.4g

The verdict

ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend by Optavia scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 18 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 18-component label is layered, beginning with Amino Acid Blend, L-leucine, L-lysine Hydrochloride. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 18 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0017642781259
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

42781259 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 18 ing. REG-MOST 61% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-RARE L-histidine PHOTO-FINISH Vanilla Shake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …781259 · July 2026

11 of 18 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: L-histidine). Source sheet 42781259 · 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: Vanilla Shake · Nearest score peer is Vanilla Shake 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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

1. ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. ACTIVE Essential Amino Ac…100/1002. Vanilla Shake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vanilla Shake100/1003. Chocolate Brownie Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate Brownie Bar100/1004. Frothy Cappuccino Drink Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Frothy Cappuccino Drink M…100/1005. Calorie Burn Cappuccino: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Calorie Burn Cappuccino100/100
High-band neighbours for ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend (100/100) outside Optavia.
Chart values as text

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

ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend
100/100
Vanilla Shake
100/100
Chocolate Brownie Bar
100/100
Frothy Cappuccino Drink Mix
100/100
Calorie Burn Cappuccino
100/100

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. ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend scores 9.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages and beverages preparations products

ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend lists 18 ingredients on its label

18 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 18 (81st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Amino acid blend (L-leucine, L-lysine hydrochloride, L-phenylalanine, L-valine, L-threonine, L-isoleucine, L-histidine, L-methionine), cane sugar, citric acid, natural flavor, steviol glycosides, xanthan gum, L-malic acid, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, annatto powder.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Energy drinks Energy drink without sugar and with artificial sweeteners

High-score cross-brand comparables for ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend

Neighbours outside Optavia with screening scores in the same high band as ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Optavia; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

ACTIVE Essential Amino Acid Blend has a longer ingredient list than 81% of its Beverages and beverages preparations category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0017642781259: 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.