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Vanilla bean protein plus shake

by Bolthouse

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071464016401 · Bolthouse · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071464016401 · Serving size 1 portion (240 ml)

The verdict

Vanilla bean protein plus shake by Bolthouse scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Low-fat Milk, Filtered Water, Cane 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 54 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

64016401 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vanilla bean protein plus shake label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Vanilla Bean Protein · ±0 BOOK-OFF …016401 · July 2026

14 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 64016401 · 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: Vanilla Bean Protein plusShake · Nearest score peer is Vanilla Bean Protein plusShake 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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 bean protein plus shake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vanilla bean protein plus…95/1002. Vanilla Bean Protein plusShake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vanilla Bean Protein plus…95/1003. Protein plus protein shake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Protein plus protein shake95/1004. Coffee: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Coffee95/1005. Breakfast Smoothie Peach Parfait: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Breakfast Smoothie Peach …95/100
High-band neighbours for Vanilla bean protein plus shake (95/100) outside Bolthouse.
Chart values as text

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

Vanilla bean protein plus shake
95/100
Vanilla Bean Protein plusShake
95/100
Protein plus protein shake
95/100
Coffee
95/100
Breakfast Smoothie Peach Parfait
95/100

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 bean protein plus shake scores 4.5 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Vanilla bean protein plus shake lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Below this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 54 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 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 16,917 Beverages 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 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Low-fat Milk
2
Filtered Water
3
Cane Sugar
4
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Soy Protein Isolate
6
Monk Fruit Juice From Concentrate
7
Water
8
Monk Fruit Juice Concentrate
9
Natural Flavors
10
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
11
Vanilla Extract
12
Acacia 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
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
15
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
16
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Extracted Vanilla Bean
18
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Retinyl Palmitate
20
Vitamin B1
21
Thiamin Mononitrate
22
Vitamin B2
23
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B3
25
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Vitamin B5
27
Calcium D-pantothenate
28
Vitamin B6
29
Pyridoxine Hcl
30
Vitamin B7
31
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
32
Vitamin B9
33
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
34
Vitamin B12
35
Cyanocobalamin
36
Vitamin D3
37
Cholecalciferol
38
Vitamin E
39
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
40
Calcium
41
Tricalcium Phosphate
42
Phosphorus
43
Magnesium Phosphate
44
Magnesium
45
Chromium
46
Chromium Chloride
47
Iodine
48
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
49
Iron
50
Ferric Orthophosphate
51
Zinc
52
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
53
Copper
54
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Low-fat milk, filtered water, cane sugar, whey protein concentrate, soy protein isolate, monk fruit juice from concentrate (water, monk fruit juice concentrate), natural flavors, dipotassium phosphate, vanilla extract, acacia gum, carrageenan, ascorbic acid, gellan gum, sea salt, extracted vanilla bean, vitamin a (retinyl palmitate), vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b3 (niacinamide), vitamin b5 (calcium d-pantothenate), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hcl), vitamin b7 (biotin), vitamin b9 (folic acid),vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin), vitamin d3 (cholecalciferol), vitamin e (dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate), calcium (tricalcium phosphate),phosphorus (tricalcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate), magnesium (magnesium phosphate), chromium (chromium chloride), iodine (potassium iodide), iron (ferric orthophosphate), zinc (zinc oxide), copper (copper gluconate).

Categories

Beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Vanilla bean protein plus shake

Neighbours outside Bolthouse with screening scores in the same high band as Vanilla bean protein plus shake (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bolthouse; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Vanilla bean protein plus shake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Vanilla bean protein plus shake'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 0071464016401: 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.