Caution

ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon

by Optimum Nutrition

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0748927051308 · Optimum Nutrition · Sports-supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0748927051308 · Serving size 2 scoops (9 g)

The verdict

ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon by Optimum Nutrition scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Micronized Taurine, Micronized L-glutamine, Micronized. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

27051308 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Chicken Bacon Ranch · ±0 BOOK-OFF …051308 · July 2026

14 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 27051308 · 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: Chicken Bacon Ranch Bowl · Nearest score peer is Chicken Bacon Ranch Bowl 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY …80/1002. Chicken Bacon Ranch Bowl: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken Bacon Ranch Bowl80/1003. Chicken Bacon Ranch: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken Bacon Ranch80/1004. Pineapple in strawberry gel: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pineapple in strawberry g…80/1005. Lkk soy bean sauce: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lkk soy bean sauce80/100
High-band neighbours for ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon (80/100) outside Optimum Nutrition.
Chart values as text

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

ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon
80/100
Chicken Bacon Ranch Bowl
80/100
Chicken Bacon Ranch
80/100
Pineapple in strawberry gel
80/100
Lkk soy bean sauce
80/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Micronized Taurine
2
Micronized L-glutamine
3
Micronized
4
L-arginine
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
5
Micronized L-leucine
6
Beta-alanine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Listed
7
Micronized L-citrulline
8
Micronized L-isoleucine
9
L-valine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Micronized L-tyrosine
11
Micronized L-histidine
12
Micronized L-lysine Hydrochloride
13
Micronized L-phenylalanine
14
Micronized L-threonine
15
Micronized L-methionine
16
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
17
Green Tea Leaf Extract
18
Green Coffee Bean Extract
19
Natural And Artificial Flavor
20
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
21
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
22
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
23
Calcium Silicate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
GRAS
24
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
25
Gum Blend
26
Cellulose Gum
27
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
28
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
29
Tartaric acid
Preservative
Safe
30
Organic Sunflower
31
Soy
32
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
33
Beet Juice Powder
34
Color
35
Inulin
Other
Safe

Full Ingredient List

Micronized Taurine, Micronized L-Glutamine, Micronized, L-Arginine, Micronized L-Leucine, Beta-Alanine,, Micronized L-Citrulline, Micronized L-Isoleucine, Micronized, L-Valine, Micronized L-Tyrosine, Micronized L-Histidine,, Micronized L-Lysine Hydrochloride, Micronized L-Phenylalanine,, Micronized L-Threonine, Micronized L-Methionine, Caffeine, Green Tea Leaf Extract, Green Coffee Bean Extract, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Malic Acid, Citric Acid,, Silicon Dioxide, Calcium Silicate, Sucralose, Gum Blend (Cellulose Gum,, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan), Tartaric Acid, Sunflower and/or Soy, Lecithin, Beet Juice Powder (color), Inulin.

Categories

Sports-supplements

High-score cross-brand comparables for ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon

Neighbours outside Optimum Nutrition with screening scores in the same high band as ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Optimum Nutrition; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon'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 Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY Watermelon'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 0748927051308: 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.