Concern

Café Caramel

by Atkins

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0637480061087 · Atkins · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0637480061087 · Serving size 11 OZA (325 ml)

The verdict

Café Caramel by Atkins scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 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 49-component record, beginning with Water, Dairy Protein Blend, Milk Protein Concentrate. 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 49 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

80061087 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Café Caramel label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Protein Shake Chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …061087 · July 2026

17 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 80061087 · 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: Protein Shake Chocolate · Nearest score peer is Protein Shake 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.

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.

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. Café Caramel: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Café Caramel65/1002. Protein Shake Chocolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Protein Shake Chocolate65/1003. Premium ice cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium ice cream65/1004. Premium sherbet: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Premium sherbet65/1005. Premium Sherbet: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Premium Sherbet65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Café Caramel (65/100 on 49 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Café Caramel
65/100
Protein Shake Chocolate
65/100
Premium ice cream
65/100
Premium sherbet
65/100
Premium Sherbet
65/100

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. Café Caramel scores 25.5 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Café Caramel lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 16,917 products 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: 49 (99th 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Dairy Protein Blend
3
Milk Protein Concentrate
4
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
5
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
6
Sunflower Oil
7
Pasteurized Cream
8
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
9
Coffee
10
Cellulose Gel
11
Cellulose Gum
12
Dipotassium Sulfate
13
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
14
Calcium Phosphate
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Natural And Artificial Flavors
17
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
18
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
19
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
20
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
21
Vitamin C
22
Zinc Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
24
Vitamin E
25
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Vitamin B3
27
Manganese Gluconate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT
GRAS
28
D-calcium Pantothenate
29
Vitamin B5
30
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Vitamin B6
32
Thiamin Hydrochloride
33
Vitamin B1
34
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Vitamin B2
36
Chromium Chloride
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Vitamin B9
39
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
40
Vitamin B7
41
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
42
Sodium Molybdate
43
Sodium Selenite
44
Phylloquinone
45
Vitamin K1
46
Cyanocobalamin
47
Vitamin B12
48
Cholecalciferol
49
Vitamin D3

Full Ingredient List

Water, dairy protein blend (milk protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, whey protein concentrate), sunflower oil, pasteurized cream, isolated soy protein, coffee, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, dipotassium sulfate, sodium hexametaphosphate, calcium phosphate, salt, natural and artificial flavors, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, sucralose, soy lecithin. vitamin & mineral blend: sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), zinc gluconate, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide (vitamin b3), manganese gluconate, d-calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), chromium chloride, folic acid (vitamin b9), biotin (vitamin b7), potassium iodide, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, phylloquinone (vitamin k1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), cholecalciferol (vitamin d3).

Other products containing Dipotassium Sulfate

Dipotassium Sulfate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Café Caramel

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Café Caramel'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 Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Café 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 0637480061087: 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.