Caution

Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla

by Giant

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041520154583 · Giant · Protein-supplement. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041520154583

The verdict

Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla by Giant scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 19 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 19-component label is layered, beginning with Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Isolate, Maltodextrin. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 19 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041520154583
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

20154583 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 19 ing. REG-PART 47% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Jacob's, traditional golden · ±0 BOOK-OFF …154583 · July 2026

9 of 19 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 20154583 · 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: Jacob's, traditional golden coconut biscuits · Nearest score peer is Jacob's, traditional golden coconut biscuits 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Whey Protein Blend Supple…70/1002. Jacob's, traditional golden coconut biscuits: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Jacob's, traditional gold…70/1003. Mexican Homestyle Beans Frijoles Charros: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mexican Homestyle Beans F…70/1004. Homestyle Beans Frijoles Charros: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Homestyle Beans Frijoles …70/1005. Sports drink: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sports drink70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla (70/100 on 19 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla
70/100
Jacob's, traditional golden coconut biscuits
70/100
Mexican Homestyle Beans Frijoles Charros
70/100
Homestyle Beans Frijoles Charros
70/100
Sports drink
70/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 183 products we've scored in the Protein-supplement category, the average safety score is 91.5/100. Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla scores 21.5 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 91.5/100), 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 Protein-supplement products

Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla lists 19 ingredients on its label

19 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% of the 173 products we track

0–2: 1 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 4 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 10 products (6%). Below this entry. 6–8: 28 products (16%). Below this entry. 8–10: 20 products (12%). Below this entry. 10–12: 22 products (13%). Below this entry. 12–14: 18 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 18 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 12 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 8 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 6 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 4 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 5 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 3 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 7 products (4%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Protein-supplement 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

173 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 19 (79th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (1%)
2–4
4 products (2%)
4–6
10 products (6%)
6–8
28 products (16%)
8–10
20 products (12%)
10–12
22 products (13%)
12–14
18 products (10%)
14–16
18 products (10%)
16–18
12 products (7%)
18–20
8 products (5%)
20–22
6 products (3%)
22–24
4 products (2%)
24–26
5 products (3%)
26–28
3 products (2%)
28–30
1 products (1%)
30–32
2 products (1%)
34–36
1 products (1%)
36–38
1 products (1%)
38–40
2 products (1%)
40 and above
7 products (4%)

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 173 Protein-supplement 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 19 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Protein Concentrate
2
Whey Protein Isolate
3
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
4
Cellulose Gum
5
Soy Lecithin
6
With Ethoxylated Mono-diglycerides And Propylene Glycol
7
Natural And Artificia
8
Natural Flavors
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
11
Modified Food
12
Starch
Thickener
Safe
13
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
14
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
15
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
16
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
17
Tricalcium
18
Phosphate
19
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MALTODEXTRIN, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY LECITHIN, (WITH ETHOXYLATED MONO-DIGLYCERIDES AND PROPYLENE GLYCOL), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIA, FLAVORS, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD, STARCH, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, CORNSTARCH, TRICALCIUM, PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE

Other products containing With Ethoxylated Mono-diglycerides And Propylene Glycol

With Ethoxylated Mono-diglycerides And Propylene Glycol is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Protein-supplement

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla

Neighbours outside Giant near Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Giant; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 19-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Whey Protein Blend Supplement Vanilla's 2 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 0041520154583: 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.