Safe

Balanced Nutritional Drink

by Boost

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041679944004 · Boost · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041679944004 · Serving size 1 serving (237 g)

The verdict

Balanced Nutritional Drink by Boost scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Water, Glucose Syrup, 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041679944004
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

79944004 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Balanced Nutritional Drink label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 56% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH High protein complete · ±0 BOOK-OFF …944004 · July 2026

22 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 79944004 · 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: High protein complete nutritional drink creamy strawberry · Nearest score peer is High protein complete nutritional drink creamy strawberry 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.

Nutri-Score is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.

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. Balanced Nutritional Drink: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Balanced Nutritional Drink95/1002. High protein complete nutritional drink creamy strawberry: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. High protein complete nut…95/1003. High protein complete nutritional drink rich chocolate: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. High protein complete nut…95/1004. Boost Rich Chocolate: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Boost Rich Chocolate95/1005. Rtd orig rich choco size p ready to drink original: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Rtd orig rich choco size …95/100
High-band neighbours for Balanced Nutritional Drink (95/100) outside Boost.
Chart values as text

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

Balanced Nutritional Drink
95/100
High protein complete nutritional drink creamy strawberry
95/100
High protein complete nutritional drink rich chocolate
95/100
Boost Rich Chocolate
95/100
Rtd orig rich choco size p ready to drink original
95/100

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. Balanced Nutritional Drink scores 1.5 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.5/100), 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 Dietary supplements products

Balanced Nutritional Drink lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 255 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dietary supplements 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

2,658 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 39 (90th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Glucose Syrup
3
Milk Protein Concentrate
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Canola Oil
6
And Less Than 2% Of Soy Protein Isolate
7
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
8
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Cellulose Gel And Gum
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Natural Flavor
12
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
13
Stevia Leaf Extract
14
Steviol Glycosides
15
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
16
Magnesium Phosphate
17
Magnesium Chloride
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Calcium Phosphate
19
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
20
Choline Bitartrate Dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
21
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
22
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
23
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Copper Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
29
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
33
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
34
Sodium Selenate
35
Vitamin K Chromium Chloride
36
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
37
Vitamin D3
38
Sodium Molybdate
39
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

WATER, GLUCOSE SYRUP, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, CELLULOSE GEL AND GUM, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN, STEVIA LEAF EXTRACT, STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES, VITAMINS AND MINERALS: POTASSIUM CITRATE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, CHOLINE BITARTRATE DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, FERROUS SULFATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ZINC SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, MANGANESE SULFATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, COPPER SULFATE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, POTASSIUM IODIDE, SODIUM SELENATE, VITAMIN K CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, BIOTIN, VITAMIN D3, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, VITAMIN B12

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Balanced Nutritional Drink

Neighbours outside Boost with screening scores in the same high band as Balanced Nutritional Drink (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Boost; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Balanced Nutritional Drink's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Balanced Nutritional Drink's 1 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 0041679944004: 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.