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Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate

by Carnation

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050000406944 · Carnation. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050000406944 · Serving size 237 ml (237 ml)

The verdict

Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate by Carnation scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Water, Glucose Syrup, Milk Protein Concentrate Sugar. 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 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0050000406944
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.

00406944 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 54% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Dark chocolate almond · ±0 BOOK-OFF …406944 · July 2026

22 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00406944 · 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: Dark chocolate almond coffee creamer, dark chocolate almond · Nearest score peer is Dark chocolate almond coffee creamer, dark chocolate almond 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.

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.

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. Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Breakfast Essentials High…95/1002. Dark chocolate almond coffee creamer, dark chocolate almond: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dark chocolate almond cof…95/1003. Nutritional Drink: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Nutritional Drink95/1004. Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Ch…95/1005. Butterscotch Latte Coffee creamer: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Butterscotch Latte Coffee…95/100
High-band neighbours for Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate (95/100) outside Carnation.
Chart values as text

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

Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate
95/100
Dark chocolate almond coffee creamer, dark chocolate almond
95/100
Nutritional Drink
95/100
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich
95/100
Butterscotch Latte Coffee creamer
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (94th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
 2
Glucose Syrup
 3
Milk Protein Concentrate Sugar
 4
Canola Oil And Less Than 2% Of Cocoa Processed With Alkali
 5
Soy Protein Isolate
 6
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
7
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
8
Vitamins And Minerals
 9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Cellulose Gel And Dgum
 11
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
12
Stevia Leaf Extract
 13
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
14
Magnesium Chloride
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Calcium Phosphate
 16
Magnesium Phosphate
 17
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
18
Choline Bitartrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
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
20
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
21
Ferric Pyrophosphate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Dl-alpha % Tocopheryl Acetate
 23
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Pyridoxine P/hydrochloride
 28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Copper Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID
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
Vitamin K₁
 35
Sodium Molybdate
 36
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
37
Chromium Chloride
 38
Vitamin D3
 39
Sodium Selenite
 40
Vitamin B12
 41
Milk And Soy Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

water, glucose syrup, milk protein concentrate sugar, canola oil and less than 2% of cocoa processed with alkali, soy protein isolate, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, vitamins and minerals, salt, cellulose gel and dgum, carrageenan, stevia leaf extract, natural flavor #vitamins and minerals: potassium citrate, magnesium chloride, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, sodium ascorbate, choline bitartrate, ascorbic acid, potassium chloride, ferric pyrophosphate, dl-alpha % tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, zinc sulfate, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, pyridoxine p/hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine hydrochloride, copper sulfate, vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, potassium iodide, vitamin k₁, sodium molybdate, biotin, chromium chloride, vitamin d3, sodium selenite, vitamin b12 contains: milk and soy ingredients

Other products containing Milk Protein Concentrate Sugar

Milk Protein Concentrate Sugar is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate

Neighbours outside Carnation with screening scores in the same high band as Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Carnation; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Breakfast Essentials High Protein Rich Milk Chocolate'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 0050000406944: 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.