Concern

Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana

by Fair Oaks Farms Brands Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0856312002238 · Fair Oaks Farms Brands Inc. · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0856312002238 · Serving size 11.5 OZA (340 ml)

The verdict

Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana by Fair Oaks Farms Brands Inc. scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 14 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 14-component label led by Filtered Lowfat Grade A Milk, Banana Puree, Honey; 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 14 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

12002238 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 14 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 23% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate Reduced Fat · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002238 · July 2026

4 of 14 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 12002238 · 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: Chocolate Reduced Fat Ultra-filtered Milk · Nearest score peer is Chocolate Reduced Fat Ultra-filtered Milk at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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.

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. Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Core Power, High Protein …65/1002. Chocolate Reduced Fat Ultra-filtered Milk: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate Reduced Fat Ult…65/1003. Old Fashioned Chocolate Reduced Fat Milk: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Old Fashioned Chocolate R…65/1004. Fit & Lean Protein Pudding: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fit & Lean Protein Pudding65/1005. Power Pak Fit & Lean Pudding: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Power Pak Fit & Lean Pudd…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana (65/100 on 14 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana
65/100
Chocolate Reduced Fat Ultra-filtered Milk
65/100
Old Fashioned Chocolate Reduced Fat Milk
65/100
Fit & Lean Protein Pudding
65/100
Power Pak Fit & Lean Pudding
65/100

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. Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana scores 25.5 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana lists 14 ingredients on its label

14 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Above this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 14 (77th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Filtered lowfat grade a milk, banana puree, contains less than 1% of honey, cane sugar, natural flavors, red beet juice concentrate (natural color), lactase enzyme, sodium polyphosphate, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.

Categories

Beverages

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana

Neighbours outside Fair Oaks Farms Brands Inc. near Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fair Oaks Farms Brands Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 14-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Core Power, High Protein Milk Shake, Strawberry, Banana's 3 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 0856312002238: 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.