Concern

Cookies & Cream

by Premier Protein

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0643843716099 · Premier Protein · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0643843716099 · Serving size 1 Shake (11 fl oz)

The verdict

Cookies & Cream by Premier Protein scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 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 48-component record, beginning with 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 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0643843716099
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.

43716099 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cookies & Cream label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH High protein shake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …716099 · July 2026

19 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 43716099 · 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: High protein shake strawberry cream · Nearest score peer is High protein shake strawberry cream 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. Cookies & Cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cookies & Cream65/1002. High protein shake strawberry cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. High protein shake strawb…65/1003. Strawberry cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Strawberry cream65/1004. High Protein Shake: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. High Protein Shake65/1005. Salted Caramel Truffle Indulgence Shake: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Salted Caramel Truffle In…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cookies & Cream (65/100 on 48 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cookies & Cream
65/100
High protein shake strawberry cream
65/100
Strawberry cream
65/100
High Protein Shake
65/100
Salted Caramel Truffle Indulgence Shake
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. Cookies & Cream 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 and beverages preparations products

Cookies & Cream lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations 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 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Milk Protein Concentrate
3
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
4
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Refined High Oleic Sunflower Oil
6
Natural And Artificial Flavors
7
Cocoa Powder
8
Inulin
Other
Safe
9
Cellulose Gel And Cellulose Gum
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
12
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
13
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
14
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
15
Tripotassium Phosphate
16
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
17
Sodium Polyphosphate
18
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
19
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
20
Vitamin C
21
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Zinc Amino Acid Chelate
23
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
24
Vitamin E
25
Calcium D-pantothenate
26
Copper Amino Acid Chelate
27
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Vitamin B6
29
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Vitamin B2
31
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Vitamin B1
33
Cholecalciferol
34
Vitamin D3
35
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
36
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
37
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
39
Chromium Chloride
40
Phytonadione
41
Vitamin Ki
42
Sodium Molybdate
43
Sodium Selenite
44
Cyanocobalamin
45
Vitamin B12
46
Ferric Orthophosphate
47
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
48
Magnesium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

water, milk protein concentrate†, calcium caseinate†, contains 1% or less of the following: whey protein concentrate†, high oleic sunflower oil, natural and artificial flavors, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), inulin, cellulose gel and cellulose gum, salt, datem, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, tripotassium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, sodium polyphosphate, vitamin and mineral blend (sodium ascorbate [vitamin c], niacinamide, zinc amino acid chelate, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate [vitamin e]calcium d-pantothenate, copper amino acid chelate, pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin b6], riboflavin [vitamin b2], thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], cholecalciferol [vitamin d3], folic acid, biotin, vitamin a palmitate, potassium iodide, chromium chloride, phytonadione [vitamin ki], sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, cyanocobalamin [vitamin b12]), ferric orthophosphate, manganese sulfate, magnesium phosphate,

Other products containing Vitamin Ki

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

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein shakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Cookies & Cream

Neighbours outside Premier Protein near Cookies & Cream'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 Cookies & Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Cookies & Cream'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 0643843716099: 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.