Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry
by H-E-B
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041220524990 · H-E-B · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry by H-E-B scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Fat Free Milk, Canola Oil, Fructose. 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.
- 40/100
- Avoid safety score
- 4
- Many flagged · of 49 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0041220524990
- 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
30/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
40/100
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.
20524990 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry label screening desk
17 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 20524990 · 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: Strawberry Banana Lowfat Yogurt · Nearest score peer is Strawberry Banana Lowfat Yogurt 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.
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 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
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. Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry scores 53.5 points below that category average (40/100 vs. 93.5/100), 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 Dietary supplements products
Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry lists 49 ingredients on its label
49 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 2,658 products we track
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
- 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%)
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- 252 products (9%)
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- 226 products (9%)
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- 185 products (7%)
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- 152 products (6%)
- 18–20
- 131 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 127 products (5%)
- 22–24
- 87 products (3%)
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- 88 products (3%)
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- 64 products (2%)
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- 57 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 39 products (1%)
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- 41 products (2%)
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- 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 40/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
FAT FREE MILK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CANOLA OIL, FRUCTOSE*, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOY LECITHIN, CARRAGEENAN, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM*, SUCRALOSE*, RED 3, VITAMIN AND MINERAL BLEND (POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM ASCORBATE [VITAMIN C], MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE [VITAMIN E], BIOTIN, RETINYL PALMITATE [VITAMIN A], NIACINAMIDE [VITAMIN B3], FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE [IRON], ZINC GLUCONATE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE [MOLYBDENUM], D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE [PANTOTHENIC ACID], MANGANESE SULFATE, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B1], PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], FOLIC ACID, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], SODIUM SELENITE, PHYTONADIONE [VITAMIN K], CYANOCOBALAMIN [VITAMIN B12], CHOLECALCIFEROL [VITAMIN D3]). *SWEETENED WITH NUTRITIVE AND NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENERS
Other products containing Sweetened With Nutritive And Nonnutritive Sweeteners
Sweetened With Nutritive And Nonnutritive Sweeteners is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry
Neighbours outside H-E-B in the same lower screening band as Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within H-E-B; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (4 flagged of 49 on 0041220524990).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (49 on 0041220524990).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
- Compare Opti-Meal Protein Shake, Strawberry's 4 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 0041220524990: 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.