Caution

Protein Shake

by Alani

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0810030518891 · Alani · Protein-drink. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0810030518891 · Serving size 1 bottle (355 ml)

The verdict

Protein Shake by Alani scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Calcium Caseinate; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 15 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

30518891 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Protein Shake label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-PART 47% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-LONG Len top 67% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Winter Wonderland Energy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …518891 · July 2026

7 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 30518891 · 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: Winter Wonderland Energy · Nearest score peer is Winter Wonderland Energy 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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Protein Shake: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Protein Shake70/1002. Winter Wonderland Energy: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Winter Wonderland Energy70/1003. Pre-workout+ Frozen Lemonade: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pre-workout+ Frozen Lemon…70/1004. Cherry Twist: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cherry Twist70/1005. Pink Slush: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pink Slush70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Protein Shake (70/100 on 15 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Protein Shake
70/100
Winter Wonderland Energy
70/100
Pre-workout+ Frozen Lemonade
70/100
Cherry Twist
70/100
Pink Slush
70/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 49 products we've scored in the Protein-drink category, the average safety score is 82.1/100. Protein Shake scores 12.1 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 82.1/100), 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 Protein-drink products

Protein Shake lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 33rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 33% of the 43 products we track

6–8: 2 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 7 products (16%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3 products (7%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6 products (14%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 7 products (16%). Above this entry. 18–20: 4 products (9%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8 products (19%). Above this entry. This product 6 42 every published Protein-drink 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

43 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 15 (33rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

6–8
2 products (5%)
8–10
7 products (16%)
10–12
1 products (2%)
12–14
3 products (7%)
14–16
6 products (14%)
16–18
7 products (16%)
18–20
4 products (9%)
20–22
1 products (2%)
24–26
2 products (5%)
26–28
1 products (2%)
38–40
1 products (2%)
40 and above
8 products (19%)

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 43 Protein-drink products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Calcium Caseinate, Cream, Soluble Corn Fiber, Sugar, Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Cellulose Gel, Sea Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Dipotassium Phosphate, Cellulose Gum, Sucralose, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Acesulfame Potassium

Categories

Protein-drink

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Protein Shake

Neighbours outside Alani near Protein Shake's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Alani; 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's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Protein Shake'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 0810030518891: 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.