Safe

Similac Alimentum

by Abbott

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070074686745 · Abbott · Baby foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070074686745

The verdict

Similac Alimentum by Abbott scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Water, Sugar, Casein Hydrolysate Derived From Milk. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070074686745
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

74686745 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Similac Alimentum label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 59% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Ensure Original nutrition · ±0 BOOK-OFF …686745 · July 2026

29 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 74686745 · 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: Ensure Original nutrition shake · Nearest score peer is Ensure Original nutrition shake 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 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. Similac Alimentum: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Similac Alimentum95/1002. Ensure Original nutrition shake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ensure Original nutrition…95/1003. 360 Total Care Infant Formula: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. 360 Total Care Infant For…95/1004. Ensure Original nutrition shake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ensure Original nutrition…95/1005. Advanced Nutrition Shake, Strawberry: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Advanced Nutrition Shake,…95/100
High-band neighbours for Similac Alimentum (95/100) outside Abbott.
Chart values as text

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

Similac Alimentum
95/100
Ensure Original nutrition shake
95/100
360 Total Care Infant Formula
95/100
Ensure Original nutrition shake
95/100
Advanced Nutrition Shake, Strawberry
95/100

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. Similac Alimentum scores 4.8 points below that category average (95/100 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

Similac Alimentum lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 894 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 106 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 196 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 143 products (16%). Below this entry. 8–10: 105 products (12%). Below this entry. 10–12: 56 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 34 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 20 products (2%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 16 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 14 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 8 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 8 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 11 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 5 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 6 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 109 products (12%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Baby foods 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

894 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Casein Hydrolysate Derived From Milk
4
Tapioca
5
Starch
Thickener
Safe
6
Safflower Oil
7
Medium Chain Triglycerides
8
Soy Oil
9
2-fucosyllactose Iderived From Milk
10
Lutein
11
Beta-carotene
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
12
Schizochytrium Sp. Oil
13
M. Alpina Ol
14
Caloum Citrate
15
Calcium Phosphate
16
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
17
Potassium Phosphate
18
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
19
Magnesum
20
Chloride
21
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Calcium Hydroxide
FIRMING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
24
Potassium Hydroxide
FORMULATION AID, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
25
L-cystine Dihydro-
26
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
27
L-tyrosine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
28
L-tryptophan
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Choline Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
31
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
32
Inositol
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
6-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
34
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
L-carnitine
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Listed
36
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Niacinamide
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
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
44
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
45
Phylloquinone
46
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
47
Sodium Selenate
48
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

WATER (87%), SUGAR (4%), CASEIN HYDROLYSATE DERIVED FROM MILK) (2%), MODIFIED TAPIOCA, STARCH (2%), SAFFLOWER OIL (1%), MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES (1%), SOY OIL (1%); LESS THAN 0.5% OF:, 2-FUCOSYLLACTOSE IDERIVED FROM MILK), LUTEIN, BETA-CAROTENE, SCHIZOCHYTRIUM SP. OIL, M. ALPINA OL, CALOUM CITRATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, ASCORBIC ACID, MAGNESUM, CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, SALT, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, L-CYSTINE DIHYDRO-, CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, L-TYROSINE, L-TRYPTOPHAN, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, TAURINE, INOSITOL, 6-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ZINC SULFATE, L-CARNITINE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, COPPER SULFATE, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID, POTASSIUM IODIDE, PHYLLOQUINONE, BIOTIN, SODIUM SELENATE, VITAMIN D, AND VITAMIN B12

Categories

Baby foods Baby milks Infant formulas

High-score cross-brand comparables for Similac Alimentum

Neighbours outside Abbott with screening scores in the same high band as Similac Alimentum (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Abbott; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Similac Alimentum'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Similac Alimentum's 1 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 0070074686745: 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.