Safe

Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate

by Equate

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131062701 · Equate · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131062701 · Serving size 1 BOTTLE (237 ml)

The verdict

Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate by Equate scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Water, Maltodextrin, Corn. 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 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

31062701 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 51% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Cheesesteak Pretzel Melt · ±0 BOOK-OFF …062701 · July 2026

23 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 31062701 · 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: Cheesesteak Pretzel Melt · Nearest score peer is Cheesesteak Pretzel Melt 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Nutritional Shake Plus + …95/1002. Cheesesteak Pretzel Melt: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cheesesteak Pretzel Melt95/1003. Smoked And Seasoned St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Smoked And Seasoned St. L…95/1004. Sweet Iced Tea: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sweet Iced Tea95/1005. Sweet Iced Tea: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweet Iced Tea95/100
High-band neighbours for Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate (95/100) outside Equate.
Chart values as text

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

Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate
95/100
Cheesesteak Pretzel Melt
95/100
Smoked And Seasoned St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs
95/100
Sweet Iced Tea
95/100
Sweet Iced Tea
95/100

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. Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate scores 4.5 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages products

Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 45 (98th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
3
Corn
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Sucrose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
GRAS
6
Milk Protein
7
Canola Oil
8
Soy Protein Isolate
9
Corn Oil
10
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
11
Soy Oil
12
Cocoa Powder
13
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
14
Magnesium Phosphate Dibasic
15
Sodium Citrate
16
Calcium Phosphate Tribasic
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Sodium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
19
Soy Lecithin
20
Magnesium Chloride
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Natural And Artificial Flavors
22
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
23
Choline Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
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
25
Alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
26
Ferric Orthophosphate
27
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Vitamin D3
33
Cupric Sulfate
34
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
35
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
39
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
40
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
41
Molybdenum-amino Acid Chelate
42
Chromium-amino Acid Chelate
43
Selenium-amino Acid Chelate
44
Phylloquinone
45
Cyanocobalamin

Full Ingredient List

Water, maltodextrin (corn), sugar (sucrose), milk protein, canola oil, soy protein isolate, corn oil, calcium caseinate, soy oil, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), contains 0.5% or less of: potassium citrate, magnesium phosphate dibasic, sodium citrate, calcium phosphate tribasic, salt (sodium chloride), soy lecithin, magnesium chloride, natural and artificial flavors, ascorbic acid, choline chloride, carrageenan, alpha-tocopheryl acetate, ferric orthophosphate, zinc sulfate, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, manganese sulfate, calcium pantothenate, vitamin d3, cupric sulfate, potassium chloride, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, molybdenum-amino acid chelate, chromium-amino acid chelate, selenium-amino acid chelate, phylloquinone, cyanocobalamin.

Categories

Beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate

Neighbours outside Equate with screening scores in the same high band as Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate (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

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Nutritional Shake Plus + Chocolate'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 0681131062701: 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.