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BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX

by Carnation

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050000530328 · Carnation · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050000530328 · Serving size 1 carton (237 ml)

The verdict

BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX by Carnation scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Nonfat Milk, Maltodextrin, Sugar Cocoa Processed With Alkali. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 26 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00530328 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-RARE Choline Bitartrate PHOTO-FINISH Organic Brown Rice · ±0 BOOK-OFF …530328 · July 2026

13 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Choline Bitartrate). Source sheet 00530328 · 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: Organic Brown Rice · Nearest score peer is Organic Brown Rice 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH…100/1002. Organic Brown Rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Brown Rice100/1003. GNOCCHI: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. GNOCCHI100/1004. GIANT Peruvian Inca Corn Snacks - Salted: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. GIANT Peruvian Inca Corn …100/1005. Chocolate Coconut Almonds: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chocolate Coconut Almonds100/100
High-band neighbours for BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX (100/100) outside Carnation.
Chart values as text

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

BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX
100/100
Organic Brown Rice
100/100
GNOCCHI
100/100
GIANT Peruvian Inca Corn Snacks - Salted
100/100
Chocolate Coconut Almonds
100/100

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. BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX scores 9.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages and beverages preparations products

BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 26 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations 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

1
Nonfat Milk
2
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
3
Sugar Cocoa Processed With Alkali
4
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
5
Vitamins And Minerals+
6
And Less Than 2% Of Soy Lecithinese Gum
7
Natural Flavor
8
Calcium Phormate Magnesium Hydroxide
9
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
10
Choline Bitartrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetaphosphate
12
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
15
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Calcium Pantotherapyridoxine Hydrochloride
17
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
21
Vitamin K Chromium Chloride
22
Sodium Molybdate
23
Vitamin D3
24
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
25
Milk And Soy Ingredients May Contain Wheat 0907 Usa
26
40 C Ad Ch

Full Ingredient List

NONFAT MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, LACTOSE, VITAMINS AND MINERALS+, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SOY LECITHINESE GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT #VITAMINS AND MINERALS: CALCIUM PHORMATE MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, CHOLINE BITARTRATE, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETAPHOSPHATE, NIACINAMIDE, MANGANESE SULFATE, COPPER GLUCONATE, ZINC OXIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHERAPYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN K CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, VITAMIN D3, BIOTIN CONTAINS: MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS MAY CONTAIN WHEAT 0907 USA (50 *** (40 C Ad Ch

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Breakfasts

High-score cross-brand comparables for BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX

Neighbours outside Carnation with screening scores in the same high band as BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Carnation; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS RICH MILK CHOCOLATE NUTRITIONAL POWDER DRINK MIX has a longer ingredient list than 94% of its Beverages and beverages preparations category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0050000530328: 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.