Concern

Protein Plus Chocolate

by Bolthouse Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071030306462 · Bolthouse Farms. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071030306462

The verdict

Protein Plus Chocolate by Bolthouse Farms scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 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 36-component record, beginning with Filtered Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0071030306462
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.

30306462 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Protein Plus Chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 53% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Banquet, Sausage & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …306462 · July 2026

19 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 30306462 · 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: Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis · Nearest score peer is Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis 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. Protein Plus Chocolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Protein Plus Chocolate65/1002. Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Banquet, Sausage & Pancak…65/1003. Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Banquet, Sausage & Pancak…65/1004. Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis, Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Banquet, Sausage & Pancak…65/1005. Pepperoni Stuffed Breadsticks: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pepperoni Stuffed Breadst…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Protein Plus Chocolate (65/100 on 36 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Protein Plus Chocolate
65/100
Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis
65/100
Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis
65/100
Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis, Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis
65/100
Pepperoni Stuffed Breadsticks
65/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Protein Plus Chocolate lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (91st 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 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Filtered Water
2
Milk Protein Concentrate
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
5
Sunflower Oil
6
Inulin
Other
Safe
7
Calcium Phosphate
8
Natural And Artificial Flavors
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
11
Cellulose Gel
12
Cellulose Gum
13
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
14
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
15
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
16
Soy Lecithin
17
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
18
Magnesium Phosphate
19
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
20
Vitamin E Acetate
21
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Zinc Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
26
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Thiamin Hydrochloride
30
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
31
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
32
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
33
Sodium Selenite
34
Chromium Chloride
35
Vitamin D3
36
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

filtered water, milk protein concentrate, sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, sunflower oil, inulin, calcium phosphate, less than 1% of: natural and artificial flavors, salt, potassium citrate, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, carrageenan, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, soy lecithin, vitamin and mineral blend (magnesium phosphate, ascorbic acid, vitamin E acetate, niacinamide, zinc gluconate, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, copper gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin hydrochloride, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, chromium chloride, vitamin D3, vitamin B12)

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Protein Plus Chocolate

Neighbours outside Bolthouse Farms near Protein Plus Chocolate's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bolthouse Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Protein Plus Chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Protein Plus Chocolate'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 0071030306462: 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.