Concern

Caramel

by Premier Protein

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0394843715574 · Premier Protein · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0394843715574 · Serving size 11 d

The verdict

Caramel by Premier Protein scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Filtered Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Calcium Caseinate. 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 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0394843715574
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.

43715574 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramel label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Celebration ice cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …715574 · July 2026

19 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 43715574 · 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: Celebration ice cream cake, chocolate, chocolate · Nearest score peer is Celebration ice cream cake, chocolate, chocolate 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. Caramel: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Caramel65/1002. Celebration ice cream cake, chocolate, chocolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Celebration ice cream cak…65/1003. Ice cream cake, mint chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice cream cake, mint choc…65/1004. Minor's, beef gravy mix: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Minor's, beef gravy mix65/1005. Syrup For Coffee: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Syrup For Coffee65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Caramel (65/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Caramel
65/100
Celebration ice cream cake, chocolate, chocolate
65/100
Ice cream cake, mint chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip
65/100
Minor's, beef gravy mix
65/100
Syrup For Coffee
65/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 3,895 products we've scored in the Dietary supplements category, the average safety score is 93.5/100. Caramel scores 28.5 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 93.5/100), 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 Dietary supplements products

Caramel lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 2,658 products we track

0–2: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 102 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 197 products (7%). Below this entry. 6–8: 258 products (10%). Below this entry. 8–10: 249 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 252 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 226 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 185 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 152 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 131 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 127 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 87 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 88 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 64 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 57 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 39 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 33 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 41 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 36 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 255 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Dietary supplements 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

2,658 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
32 products (1%)
2–4
102 products (4%)
4–6
197 products (7%)
6–8
258 products (10%)
8–10
249 products (9%)
10–12
252 products (9%)
12–14
226 products (9%)
14–16
185 products (7%)
16–18
152 products (6%)
18–20
131 products (5%)
20–22
127 products (5%)
22–24
87 products (3%)
24–26
88 products (3%)
26–28
64 products (2%)
28–30
57 products (2%)
30–32
39 products (1%)
32–34
33 products (1%)
34–36
41 products (2%)
36–38
47 products (2%)
38–40
36 products (1%)
40 and above
255 products (10%)

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 2,658 Dietary supplements 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 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Filtered Water
2
Milk Protein Concentrate
3
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
4
Sunflower Oil Or Soybean Oil
5
Natural Flavors
6
Artificial Flavors
7
Cellulose Gel
8
Cellulose Gum
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
11
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
12
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
13
Tripotassium Phosphate
14
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
15
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
17
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
18
Vitamin E
19
Zinc Glycinate Chelate
20
Ferric Orthophosphate
21
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Phytonadione
24
Vitamin K1
25
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
26
Cholecalciferol
27
Vitamin D3
28
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
29
Calcium D-pantothenate
30
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Sodium Selenite
32
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
33
Sodium Molybdate
34
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
35
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Vitamin B1
37
Cyanocobalamin
38
Vitamin B12
39
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Vitamin B6
41
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Vitamin B2
43
Chromium Polynicotinate
44
Magnesium Phosphate
45
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
46
Choline Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Milk And Soy

Full Ingredient List

Filtered water, milk protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, sunflower oil or soybean oil, natural flavors, artificial flavors, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, salt, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, tripotassium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, vitamin and mineral blend (DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate [vitamin E], zinc glycinate chelate, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin A palmitate, niacinamide, phytonadione [vitamin K1], potassium iodide, cholecalciferol [vitamin D3], copper gluconate, calcium D-pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, biotin, sodium molybdate, folic acid, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin B1], cyanocobalamin [vitamin B12], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin B6], riboflavin [vitamin B2], chromium polynicotinate), magnesium phosphate, sodium ascorbate, choline chloride. Contains milk and soy.

Categories

Dietary supplements

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Caramel

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caramel's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Caramel'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 0394843715574: 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.