Safe

Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage

by Kirkland

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0096619274840 · Kirkland · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0096619274840 · Serving size 8.25 fl oz (247.5 ml)

The verdict

Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage by Kirkland scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Filtered Water, Banana Puree, Pea Protein. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 22 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

19274840 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-RARE Zinc Gluconate PHOTO-FINISH Unsweetened Almond · ±0 BOOK-OFF …274840 · July 2026

6 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Zinc Gluconate). Source sheet 19274840 · 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: Unsweetened Almond · Nearest score peer is Unsweetened Almond 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Banana Flavour …100/1002. Unsweetened Almond: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Unsweetened Almond100/1003. Organic Kombucha Ginger Lemonade: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Kombucha Ginger L…100/1004. Ks cranberry raspberry 100% blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ks cranberry raspberry 10…100/1005. Cranberry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cranberry100/100
High-band neighbours for Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage (100/100) outside Kirkland.
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage
100/100
Unsweetened Almond
100/100
Organic Kombucha Ginger Lemonade
100/100
Ks cranberry raspberry 100% blend
100/100
Cranberry
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 22 (81st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Filtered Water, Organic Banana Puree, Organic Pea Protein, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Almonds, Organic Cocoa Powder, Organic Inulin, Calcium Carbonate, Sea Salt, Sunflower Lecithin, Organic Locust Bean Gum, Gellan Gum, Organic Vanilla Flavor, Vitamin A Palmatate, Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2), DL Alphatocopherol (Vitamin E), Riboflavin (Vitamin B12), Zinc Gluconate, Cyanocoalamin (Vitamin B12)

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Beverages Plant-based foods Dairy substitutes Milk substitutes Nuts and their products Plant-based beverages Plant-based milk alternatives Nut-based drinks Almond-based drinks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage

Neighbours outside Kirkland with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kirkland; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chocolate Banana Flavour Almond Beverage has a longer ingredient list than 81% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 0096619274840: 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.