Caution

Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored

by Equate

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131249447 · Equate. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131249447 · Serving size 1 bottle (325 g)

The verdict

Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored by Equate scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Milk Protein Isolate. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0681131249447
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

31249447 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 53% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Ultimate Meat Traditional · ±0 BOOK-OFF …249447 · July 2026

17 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 31249447 · 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: Ultimate Meat Traditional Crust Pizza · Nearest score peer is Ultimate Meat Traditional Crust Pizza at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Protein Shake Vanilla Art…70/1002. Ultimate Meat Traditional Crust Pizza: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ultimate Meat Traditional…70/1003. Sparkling Water Beverage: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sparkling Water Beverage70/1004. Wild cherry flavored sparkling water beverage, wild cherry: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wild cherry flavored spar…70/1005. Fat Free Rice Crackers: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fat Free Rice Crackers70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored (70/100 on 32 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored
70/100
Ultimate Meat Traditional Crust Pizza
70/100
Sparkling Water Beverage
70/100
Wild cherry flavored sparkling water beverage, wild cherry
70/100
Fat Free Rice Crackers
70/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 32 (88th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Milk Protein Concentrate
3
Milk Protein Isolate
4
Sunflower Oil
5
Dicalcium Phosphate
6
Natural And Artificial Flavors
7
Cellulose Gel
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
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
10
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
11
Sodium Polyphosphate
12
Magnesium Phosphate
13
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
14
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
15
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
16
Choline Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Ascorbyl Palmitate
ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
18
Cellulose Gum
19
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
21
D-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
22
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Sodium Molybdate
28
Sodium Selenite
29
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
31
Vitamin D3
32
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

water, milk protein concentrate, milk protein isolate, contains 2% or less of each of the following: sunflower oil, dicalcium phosphate, natural and artificial flavors, cellulose gel, salt, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, sodium polyphosphate, magnesium phosphate, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, dipotassium phosphate, choline chloride, ascorbyl palmitate, cellulose gum, zinc sulfate, copper gluconate, d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, thiamine hydrochloride, biotin, vitamin D3, vitamin B12

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored

Neighbours outside Equate near Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Equate; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Protein Shake Vanilla Artificially Flavored's 2 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 0681131249447: 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.