Caution

Max Men

by Nestlé Health Science

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041679925201 · Nestlé Health Science · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041679925201 · Serving size 1 BOTTLE (325 ml)

The verdict

Max Men by Nestlé Health Science scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Water, Protein Blend, Milk Protein Concentrate. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

79925201 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Max Men label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Protein Nutritional Drink · ±0 BOOK-OFF …925201 · July 2026

21 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 79925201 · 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: Protein Nutritional Drink Very Vanilla · Nearest score peer is Protein Nutritional Drink Very Vanilla 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Max Men: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Max Men80/1002. Protein Nutritional Drink Very Vanilla: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Protein Nutritional Drink…80/1003. Max (Gluco control): 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Max (Gluco control)80/1004. Max 30g protien: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Max 30g protien80/1005. Women Heart Health, Bone Health, Thyroid Health Nutritional Shake, Rich Chocolate, Rich Chocolate: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Women Heart Health, Bone …80/100
High-band neighbours for Max Men (80/100) outside Nestlé Health Science.
Chart values as text

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

Max Men
80/100
Protein Nutritional Drink Very Vanilla
80/100
Max (Gluco control)
80/100
Max 30g protien
80/100
Women Heart Health, Bone Health, Thyroid Health Nutritional Shake, Rich Chocolate, Rich Chocolate
80/100

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. Max Men scores 10.5 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Max Men lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Below this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 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 16,917 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

How the 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Protein Blend
3
Milk Protein Concentrate
4
Soy Protein Isolate
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Corn Syrup Solids
7
And Less Than 2% Of Vegetable Oil
8
Canola
9
High Oleic Sunflower
10
Corn
11
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
12
Vitamins And Minerals‡
13
Cellulose Gel And Gum
14
Soy Lecithin
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
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
17
Natural And Artificial Flavor
18
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
19
Sweetener
20
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
21
Choline Bitartrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Magnesium Phosphate
23
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
24
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
25
Ferric Pyrophosphate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
27
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Copper Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
36
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
37
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
38
Vitamin K1
39
Chromium Chloride
40
Sodium Selenite
41
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
42
Vitamin D3
43
Sodium Molybdate
44
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

Water, protein blend (milk protein concentrate, soy protein isolate), sugar, corn syrup solids, and less than 2% of vegetable oil (canola, high oleic sunflower, corn), cocoa processed with alkali, vitamins and minerals‡, cellulose gel and gum, soy lecithin, salt, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, sucralose (sweetener), ‡vitamins and minerals: potassium citrate, choline bitartrate, magnesium phosphate, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, ferric pyrophosphate, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, zinc sulfate, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, manganese sulfate, riboflavin, vitamin a palmitate, copper sulfate, folic acid, potassium iodide, vitamin k1, chromium chloride, sodium selenite, biotin, vitamin d3, sodium molybdate, vitamin b12

Categories

Beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Max Men

Neighbours outside Nestlé Health Science with screening scores in the same high band as Max Men (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nestlé Health Science; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Max Men's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Max Men'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 0041679925201: 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.