Safe

Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla

by Ensure

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070074647609 · Ensure · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070074647609 · Serving size 237 ml

The verdict

Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla by Ensure scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Water, Corn Syrup, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

74647609 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 51% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Magnesium Hydroxide PHOTO-FINISH Nepro · ±0 BOOK-OFF …647609 · July 2026

24 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Magnesium Hydroxide). Source sheet 74647609 · 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: Nepro · Nearest score peer is Nepro 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vanilla Advanced Nutritio…100/1002. Nepro: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Nepro100/1003. Similac Alimentum: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Similac Alimentum100/1004. Similac Alimentum: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Similac Alimentum100/1005. Powder 12.1 Oz Can 6 Count: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Powder 12.1 Oz Can 6 Count100/100
High-band neighbours for Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla (100/100) outside Ensure.
Chart values as text

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

Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla
100/100
Nepro
100/100
Similac Alimentum
100/100
Similac Alimentum
100/100
Powder 12.1 Oz Can 6 Count
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. Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla 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

Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 47 (99th 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
Water
2
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Milk Protein Concentrate
5
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
6
Canola Oil
7
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
8
Corn Oil
9
Soy Protein Isolate
10
Calcium Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate
11
Potassium Hydroxide
FORMULATION AID, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
12
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Vitamins And Minerals+
14
Natural And Artificial Flavor
15
Cellulose Gel
16
Soy Lecithin
17
Monoglycerides
18
Cellulose Gum
19
L-carnitine
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Listed
20
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
21
Potassium Phosphate
22
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
23
Magnesium Hydroxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
24
Choline Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
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
26
Calcium Phosphate
27
Sodium Phosphate
28
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
29
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
31
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Vitamin B12
33
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Copper Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
40
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
41
Sodium Selenate
42
Chromium Chloride
43
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
44
Sodium Molybdate
45
Phylloquinone
46
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
47
Vitamin D3

Full Ingredient List

Water, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Milk Protein Concentrate, Sodium Caseinate, Canola Oil, Short-Chain Fructooligosaccharides, Corn Oil, Soy Protein Isolate, Calcium Beta-Hydroxy-Beta-Methylbutyrate, Potassium Hydroxide, Whey Protein Concentrate; Less Than 0.5% Of: Vitamins And Minerals+, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Cellulose Gel, Soy Lecithin, Monoglycerides, Cellulose Gum, L-Carnitine, And Carrageenan. +Vitamins And Minerals: Potassium Citrate, Potassium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid, Magnesium Hydroxide, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Dl-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacinamide, Vitamin B12, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Vitamin A Palmitate, Copper Sulfate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenate, Chromium Chloride, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Molybdate, Phylloquinone, Biotin, Vitamin D3.

Other products containing Vitamins And Minerals+

Vitamins And Minerals+ is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla

Neighbours outside Ensure with screening scores in the same high band as Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ensure; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Vanilla Advanced Nutrition Shake, Vanilla has a longer ingredient list than 99% 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 0070074647609: 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.