Safe

Meal Replacement Shake

by Equate

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131023993 · Equate. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131023993 · Serving size 1 BOTTLE (325 ml)

The verdict

Meal Replacement Shake by Equate scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Fat Free Milk, Water, Canola Oil. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0681131023993
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

31023993 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Meal Replacement Shake label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH equate pain and · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023993 · July 2026

12 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 31023993 · 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: equate pain and fever · Nearest score peer is equate pain and fever 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Meal Replacement Shake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Meal Replacement Shake95/1002. equate pain and fever: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. equate pain and fever95/1003. Asian Chopped Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Asian Chopped Salad95/1004. Apple Cheese Tray: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Apple Cheese Tray95/1005. Garlic Butter Steak Bites: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Garlic Butter Steak Bites95/100
High-band neighbours for Meal Replacement Shake (95/100) outside Equate.
Chart values as text

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

Meal Replacement Shake
95/100
equate pain and fever
95/100
Asian Chopped Salad
95/100
Apple Cheese Tray
95/100
Garlic Butter Steak Bites
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Meal Replacement Shake lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Fat Free Milk
2
Water
3
Canola Oil
4
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Organic Cocoa
6
Cellulose Gel
7
Cellulose Gum
8
Soy Lecithin
9
Potassium Phosphate
10
Natural And Artificial Flavor
11
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
12
Sodium Phosphate
13
Acesulfame Potassium And Sucralose
14
Non-nutritive Sweeteners
15
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
16
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Dicalcium Phosphate
18
Cholecalciferol
19
Phytonadione
20
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Cyanocobalamin
23
D-calcium Pantothenate
24
Zinc Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Sodium Molybdate
27
Ferric Orthophosphate
28
L-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
29
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
33
Dimagnesium Phosphate
34
Sodium Selenite
35
Chromium Chloride

Full Ingredient List

Fat free milk, water, canola oil, fructose, cocoa (processed with alkali), cellulose gel, cellulose gum, soy lecithin, potassium phosphate, natural and artificial flavor, carrageenan, sodium phosphate, acesulfame potassium and sucralose (non-nutritive sweeteners). vitamins & minerals: sodium ascorbate, vitamin a palmitate, dicalcium phosphate, cholecalciferol, phytonadione, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, d-calcium pantothenate, zinc gluconate, manganese sulfate, sodium molybdate, ferric orthophosphate, d,l-alpha tocopheryl acetate, thiamine hydrochloride, niacinamide, folic acid, biotin, dimagnesium phosphate, sodium selenite, chromium chloride.

Other products containing L-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate

L-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 20 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Meal Replacement Shake

Neighbours outside Equate with screening scores in the same high band as Meal Replacement Shake (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Equate; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Meal Replacement Shake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Meal Replacement Shake's 1 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 0681131023993: 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.