Concern

Therapeutic Nutrition

by Abbott

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070074649214 · Abbott · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070074649214 · Serving size 237 mL

The verdict

Therapeutic Nutrition by Abbott scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 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 49-component record, beginning with Water, Corn Maltodextrin, Milk Protein Concentrate. 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 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070074649214
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.

74649214 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Therapeutic Nutrition label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 53% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Glucerma · ±0 BOOK-OFF …649214 · July 2026

26 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 74649214 · 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: Glucerma · Nearest score peer is Glucerma 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.

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 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. Therapeutic Nutrition: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Therapeutic Nutrition65/1002. Glucerma: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Glucerma65/1003. Ensure Max Protein nutrition shake MILK CHOCOLATE: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ensure Max Protein nutrit…65/1004. Homemade Vanilla Shake, Homemade Vanilla: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Homemade Vanilla Shake, H…65/1005. Butter Pecan Original Nutrition Shake, Butter Pecan: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Butter Pecan Original Nut…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Therapeutic Nutrition (65/100 on 49 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Therapeutic Nutrition
65/100
Glucerma
65/100
Ensure Max Protein nutrition shake MILK CHOCOLATE
65/100
Homemade Vanilla Shake, Homemade Vanilla
65/100
Butter Pecan Original Nutrition Shake, Butter Pecan
65/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Therapeutic Nutrition scores 28.6 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Therapeutic Nutrition lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (83rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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

How the 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Corn Maltodextrin
3
Milk Protein Concentrate
4
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Canola Oil
6
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
7
Soy Protein Isolate
8
Corn Oil
9
Soluble Corn Fiber
10
Soy Fiber
11
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
12
Natural And Artificial Flavor
13
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
14
Magnesium Phosphate
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Choline Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
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
18
Cellulose Gel
19
Calcium Phosphate
20
Soy Lecithin
21
Monoglycerides
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
Potassium Hydroxide
FORMULATION AID, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
24
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
25
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
26
Cellulose Gum
27
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
28
Di-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
29
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
30
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
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
Copper Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
39
Beta - Carotene
40
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
42
Chromium Chloride
43
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
44
Sodium Selenate
45
Sodium Molybdate
46
Phylloquinone
47
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
48
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

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

Categories

Meals Meal replacements Diabetic-drink Nutritional-drink Therapeutic-nutritional-drink

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Therapeutic Nutrition

Neighbours outside Abbott near Therapeutic Nutrition's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Abbott; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Therapeutic Nutrition's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Therapeutic Nutrition'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 0070074649214: 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.