Concern

Premier Protein

by Premier Protein

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0643843718581 · Premier Protein · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0643843718581 · Serving size 1 shake (11 fl oz)

The verdict

Premier Protein by Premier Protein scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-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 46 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0643843718581
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.

43718581 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Premier Protein label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH High protein shake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …718581 · July 2026

20 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 43718581 · 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. Premier Protein: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Premier Protein65/1002. 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 Premier Protein (65/100 on 46 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Premier Protein
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 3,895 products we've scored in the Dietary supplements category, the average safety score is 93.5/100. Premier Protein 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

Premier Protein lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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: 46 (94th 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 46 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
Cocoa Powder
5
Canola Oil
6
Or Less Of High Oleic Sunflower Oil Or Soybean Oil
7
Natural And Artificial Flavors
8
Inulin
Other
Safe
9
Cellulose Gel And Gum
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
12
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
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
Tripotassium Phosphate
15
Magnesium Phosphate
16
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
17
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
18
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
19
Choline Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
21
Vitamin E
22
Zinc Glycinate Chelate
23
Ferric Orthophosphate
24
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Phytonadione
27
Vitamin K1
28
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
29
Cholecalciferol
30
Vitamin D3
31
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
32
Calcium D-pantothenate
33
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Sodium Selenite
35
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
36
Sodium Molybdate
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Vitamin B1
40
Cyanocobalamin
41
Vitamin B12
42
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Vitamin B6
44
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Vitamin B2
46
Chromium Polynicotinate

Full Ingredient List

water, milk protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), canola oil, contains 1% or less of high oleic sunflower oil or soybean oil, natural and artificial flavors, inulin, cellulose gel and gum, salt, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, tripotassium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium ascorbate, choline chloride, 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

Categories

Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein shakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Premier Protein

Neighbours outside Premier Protein near Premier Protein'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 Premier Protein's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Premier Protein'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 0643843718581: 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.