Concern

Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla

by H-E-B

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041220525003 · H-E-B · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041220525003 · Serving size 325

The verdict

Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla by H-E-B scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-component record, beginning with Fat Free Milk, Canola Oil, Cellulose Gel. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 53 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041220525003
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

47/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

20525003 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Cola Drink · ±0 BOOK-OFF …525003 · July 2026

16 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 20525003 · 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: Cola Drink · Nearest score peer is Cola Drink at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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

1. Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Opti Meal Protein Shake V…65/1002. Cola Drink: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cola Drink65/1003. Maple sausage links, maple: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Maple sausage links, maple65/1004. Ginger Ale: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ginger Ale65/1005. Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla (65/100 on 53 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla
65/100
Cola Drink
65/100
Maple sausage links, maple
65/100
Ginger Ale
65/100
Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer
65/100

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. Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla scores 28.5 points below that category average (65/100 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 Vanilla lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 38–40: 36 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 255 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Dietary supplements product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

2,658 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (97th 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Fat Free Milk
2
Canola Oil
3
Cellulose Gel
4
Cellulose Gum
5
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Natural And Artificial Flavors
7
Soy Lecithin
8
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
9
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
10
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
11
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
12
Potassium Phosphate
13
Potassium Hydroxide
FORMULATION AID, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
14
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
15
Vitamin C
16
Magnesium Phosphate
17
Calcium Phosphate
18
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
19
Vitamin Ej
20
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
21
Retinyl Palmitate
22
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B3
25
Ferric Orthophosphate
26
Iron
27
Zinc Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Sodium Molybdate
29
Molybdenum
30
D-calcium Pantothenate
31
Pantothenic Acid
32
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Vitamin B1
35
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Vitamin B6
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Chromium Chloride
39
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Vitamin B2
41
Sodium Selenite
42
Phytonadione
43
Vitamin K
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Cyanocobalamin
45
Vitamin B12
46
Cholecalciferol
47
Vitamin D3
48
Sweetened With Nutritive And Nonnutritive Sweeteners
49
Milk
50
Soy Made With Pride And Care For H-e-bⓡ
51
San Antonio
52
Texas 78204
53
Bioengineered Food Ingredient Feriged

Full Ingredient List

FAT FREE MILK, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CANOLA OIL, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, FRUCTOSE*, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOY LECITHIN, CARRAGEENAN, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM*, SUCRALOSE*, VITAMIN AND MINERAL BLEND (POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM ASCORBATE [VITAMIN C], MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE [VITAMIN EJ, 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 CONTAINS: MILK, SOY MADE WITH PRIDE AND CARE FOR H-E-BⓇ, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78204 CONTAINS A BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT FERIGED

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

Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein shakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla

Neighbours outside H-E-B near Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within H-E-B; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Opti Meal Protein Shake Vanilla's 3 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 0041220525003: 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.