Avoid

LEAN SHAKE 25

by GNC Total Lean

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0048107226831 · GNC Total Lean · Meal-replacement-shake. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0048107226831 · Serving size 1 serving (414 ml)

The verdict

LEAN SHAKE 25 by GNC Total Lean scores 15/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Filtered Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Acesulfame Potassium. 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.

15/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

15/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

07226831 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

LEAN SHAKE 25 label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 15/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Rockstar Blackberry Goji · ±0 BOOK-OFF …226831 · July 2026

20 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 07226831 · 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: Rockstar Blackberry Goji · Nearest score peer is Rockstar Blackberry Goji 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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. LEAN SHAKE 25: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. LEAN SHAKE 2515/1002. Rockstar Blackberry Goji: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Rockstar Blackberry Goji15/1003. Muffaletta Wrap With Ham, Pepperoni & Salami: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Muffaletta Wrap With Ham,…15/1004. Premium Ice Cream: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Premium Ice Cream15/1005. Italian Bakery Pepperoni Rolls: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Italian Bakery Pepperoni …15/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for LEAN SHAKE 25 (15/100 on 44 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

LEAN SHAKE 25
15/100
Rockstar Blackberry Goji
15/100
Muffaletta Wrap With Ham, Pepperoni & Salami
15/100
Premium Ice Cream
15/100
Italian Bakery Pepperoni Rolls
15/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

LEAN SHAKE 25 lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 15/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Filtered Water
2
Milk Protein Concentrate
3
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
4
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
5
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
6
Cellulose Gel
7
Cellulose Gum
8
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
9
Lactase
10
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
11
Natural & Artificial Flavors
12
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
13
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
16
Organic Sunflower
17
Safflower
18
Canola Oil
19
Vitamin Mineral Blend
20
Magnesium Phosphate
21
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
22
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
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
Ferric Orthophosphate
25
Zinc Aspartate
26
Dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
27
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
28
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Phytomenadione
31
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
32
Calcium D-pantothenate
33
Chromium Chloride
34
Copper Amino Acid Chelate
35
Cyanocobalamin
36
Sodium Molybdate
37
Sodium Selenite
38
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
39
Cholecalciferol
40
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Thiamin Mononitrate
43
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Made From Whey Protein Concentrate

Full Ingredient List

Filtered Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Milk Protein Isolate and Less Than 1% of: Acesulfame Potassium, Calcium Caseinate, Carrageenan, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, DATEM, Lactase, Maltodextrin, Natural & Artificial Flavors, FD&C Blue 1, FD&C Red 3, Salt, Sucralose, Sunflower, Safflower and/or Canola Oil, Vitamin Mineral Blend (Magnesium Phosphate, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Sodium Ascorbate, Ferric Orthophosphate, Zinc Aspartate, dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Biotin, Vitamin A Palmitate, Niacinamide, Phytomenadione, Potassium Iodide, Calcium d-Pantothenate, Chromium Chloride, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Cyanocobalamin, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Cholecalciferol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Manganese Sulfate, Made from Whey Protein Concentrate

Categories

Meal-replacement-shake

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for LEAN SHAKE 25

Neighbours outside GNC Total Lean in the same lower screening band as LEAN SHAKE 25 (15/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within GNC Total Lean; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from LEAN SHAKE 25'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 Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare LEAN SHAKE 25's 5 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 0048107226831: 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.