Concern

Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream

by Gnc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0048107226862 · Gnc · Meal-replacement-shake. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0048107226862

The verdict

Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream by Gnc scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 43 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

07226862 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Lean Shake 25 · ±0 BOOK-OFF …226862 · July 2026

19 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 07226862 · 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: Lean Shake 25 · Nearest score peer is Lean Shake 25 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.

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 Banana Cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream65/1002. Lean Shake 25: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lean Shake 2565/1003. Pure Isolate Micro-Filtered Whey Protein Isolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pure Isolate Micro-Filter…65/1004. Wheybolic Alpha: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wheybolic Alpha65/1005. Wheybolic Performance Protein: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Wheybolic Performance Pro…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream (65/100 on 43 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream
65/100
Lean Shake 25
65/100
Pure Isolate Micro-Filtered Whey Protein Isolate
65/100
Wheybolic Alpha
65/100
Wheybolic Performance Protein
65/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 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: 43 (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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 43 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
Fd&c Yellow 5 & 6
10
Lactase
11
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
12
Natural & Artificial Flavors
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
15
Organic Sunflower
16
Safflower
17
Canola Oil
18
Vitamin Mineral Blend
19
Magnesium Phosphate
20
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
21
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
22
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
23
Ferric Orthophosphate
24
Zinc Aspartate
25
Dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
26
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
27
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Phytomenadione
30
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
31
Calcium D-pantothenate
32
Chromium Chloride
33
Copper Amino Acid Chelate
34
Cyanocobalamin
35
Sodium Molybdate
36
Sodium Selenite
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Cholecalciferol
39
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Thiamin Mononitrate
42
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Filtered Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Milk Protein Isolate and Less Than 2% of: Acesulfame Potassium, Calcium Caseinate, Carrageenan, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, DATEM, FD&C Yellow 5 & 6, Lactase, Maltodextrin, Natural & Artificial Flavors, 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, Maltodextrin), Whey Protein Concentrate

Categories

Meal-replacement-shake

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream

Neighbours outside Gnc near Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gnc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Lean Shake 25 Banana Cream'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 0048107226862: 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.