Safe

Protein Oats

by Bob's Red Mill

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0039978004796 · Bob's Red Mill · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0039978004796 · Serving size 1 serving (48 g)

The verdict

Protein Oats by Bob's Red Mill scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 1 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Whole Grain Oat Flakes, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 1 analyzed
Group 1
Unprocessed
0039978004796
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

100/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 1

Unprocessed or minimally processed

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.

78004796 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Protein Oats label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 1 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G1 G1 unprocessed NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 100% PHOTO-FINISH Whole Grain Oat · ±0 BOOK-OFF …004796 · July 2026

None of the 1 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 78004796 · 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: Whole Grain Oat Flakes · Nearest score peer is Whole Grain Oat Flakes 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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Protein Oats: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Protein Oats100/1002. Whole Grain Oat Flakes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Whole Grain Oat Flakes100/1003. Hearty whole grain bread mix, hearty whole grain: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hearty whole grain bread …100/1004. Organic whole grain dark rye flour stone ground, dark rye flour: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Organic whole grain dark …100/1005. Whole Grain Spelt Berries: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Whole Grain Spelt Berries100/100
High-band neighbours for Protein Oats (100/100) outside Bob's Red Mill.
Chart values as text

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

Protein Oats
100/100
Whole Grain Oat Flakes
100/100
Hearty whole grain bread mix, hearty whole grain
100/100
Organic whole grain dark rye flour stone ground, dark rye flour
100/100
Whole Grain Spelt Berries
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Protein Oats scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Protein Oats lists 1 ingredient on its label

1 0th percentile a longer ingredient list than 0% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Above this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Above this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Above this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Above this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Above this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Above this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 1 (0th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and 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

Full Ingredient List

organic whole grain oat flakes.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Breakfasts Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Breakfast cereals Flakes Cereal flakes Rolled flakes Rolled oats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Protein Oats

Neighbours outside Bob's Red Mill with screening scores in the same high band as Protein Oats (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bob's Red Mill; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Protein Oats has a shorter ingredient list than 100% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
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  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

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

Barcode 0039978004796: 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.