Enfamil
by Mead Johnson
Scores 100/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with no flagged ingredients identified.
The verdict
Enfamil by Mead Johnson scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Water; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 10 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0055840404006
- 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
70/100
Grade B
Ingredient Safety
100/100
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.
40404006 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Enfamil label screening desk
Enfamil screens 100/100 with zero caution flags on 10 parsed ingredients. 3 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Malic Acid). Derived from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data — not an official FDA rating. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Matcha Mind Cognitive Gummies · Nearest score peer is Matcha Mind Cognitive Gummies 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 parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 991 products we've scored in the Baby foods category, the average safety score is 99.8/100. Enfamil scores 0.2 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 99.8/100), 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 Baby foods products
Enfamil lists 10 ingredients on its label
10 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% of the 894 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 1 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 106 products (12%)
- 4–6
- 196 products (22%)
- 6–8
- 143 products (16%)
- 8–10
- 105 products (12%)
- 10–12
- 56 products (6%)
- 12–14
- 34 products (4%)
- 14–16
- 27 products (3%)
- 16–18
- 20 products (2%)
- 18–20
- 19 products (2%)
- 20–22
- 16 products (2%)
- 22–24
- 14 products (2%)
- 24–26
- 8 products (1%)
- 26–28
- 8 products (1%)
- 28–30
- 11 products (1%)
- 30–32
- 5 products (1%)
- 32–34
- 1 products (0%)
- 34–36
- 5 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 4 products (0%)
- 38–40
- 6 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 109 products (12%)
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 894 Baby foods 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
Full Ingredient List
Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Water, Pectin, Citric Acid, Fruit and Vegetable Juice, Malic Acid, Natural Flavors, Sodium Citrate, Sunflower Lecithin
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Enfamil
Neighbours outside Mead Johnson with screening scores in the same high band as Enfamil (100/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Mead Johnson; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (10 on 0055840404006).
Trace this label’s coverage
Trace this label’s coverage
3 of 10 parsed ingredients on Enfamil match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.
- Review Malic Acid as the most distinctive source-covered entry on this label. Inspect ingredients
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0055840404006: 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.