Concern

Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan

by Glucerna

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070074578118 · Glucerna. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070074578118

The verdict

Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan by Glucerna scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Glycerin. 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 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070074578118
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

47/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

74578118 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Abbott, Glucerna, Nutrition · ±0 BOOK-OFF …578118 · July 2026

22 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 74578118 · 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: Abbott, Glucerna, Nutrition Bars, Peanut Chocolate Chip, Peanut Chocolate Chip · Nearest score peer is Abbott, Glucerna, Nutrition Bars, Peanut Chocolate Chip, Peanut Chocolate Chip 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.

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. Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Glucerna Original Classic…65/1002. Abbott, Glucerna, Nutrition Bars, Peanut Chocolate Chip, Peanut Chocolate Chip: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Abbott, Glucerna, Nutriti…65/1003. Ensure Original nutrition shake: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ensure Original nutrition…65/1004. Glucerma: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Glucerma65/1005. Therapeutic Nutrition: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Therapeutic Nutrition65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan (65/100 on 44 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan
65/100
Abbott, Glucerna, Nutrition Bars, Peanut Chocolate Chip, Peanut Chocolate Chip
65/100
Ensure Original nutrition shake
65/100
Glucerma
65/100
Therapeutic Nutrition
65/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan 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

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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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Milk Protein Concentrate
3
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
4
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Corn Maltodextrin
6
Soy Protein Isolate
7
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
8
Corn Oil
9
Soluble Corn Fiber
10
Natural And Artificial Elavor Potassilum Citrate
11
Magnesium Phosphate
12
Cellulose Gel
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Choline Chloride Ascorbic Acid
15
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
16
Soy Lecithin
17
Monoglycerides
18
Cellulose Gum
19
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
20
Calcium Phosphate
21
Sodium Citrate
22
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
23
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
24
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
25
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
26
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
27
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
28
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Copper Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Chromium Chloride
39
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
40
Sodium Selenate
41
Phylloquinone
42
Sodium Molybdate
43
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
44
Vitamin D3 And Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

WATER, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CANOLA OIL: LESS THAN 2% OF: GLYCERIN, FRUCTOSE, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SHORT-CHAIN FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, CORN OIL, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ELAVOR POTASSILUM CITRATE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, CELLULOSE GEL, SALT, CHOLINE CHLORIDE ASCORBIC ACID, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN, MONOGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, dl-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, FERROUS SULFATE, GELLAN GUM, SUCRALOSE, ZINC SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, COPPER SULFATE, FOLIC ACID, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, SODIUM SELENATE, PHYLLOQUINONE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, BIOTIN, VITAMIN D3 AND VITAMIN B12

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan

Neighbours outside Glucerna near Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Glucerna; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan'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 Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Glucerna Original Classic Butter Pecan'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 0070074578118: 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.