Concern

Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut

by Glucobrands Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0856879003280 · Glucobrands Llc · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0856879003280 · Serving size 1 BAR (40 g)

The verdict

Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut by Glucobrands Llc scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 54-component record, beginning with Soy Protein Nuggets, Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 54 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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

79003280 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Laura lynn, calorie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003280 · July 2026

20 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 79003280 · 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: Laura lynn, calorie free diet cola · Nearest score peer is Laura lynn, calorie free diet cola 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.

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. Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Level Life, Protein Snack…65/1002. Laura lynn, calorie free diet cola: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Laura lynn, calorie free …65/1003. Laura lynn, diet cola: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Laura lynn, diet cola65/1004. Diet Dr Lynn Soda: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Diet Dr Lynn Soda65/1005. Laura lynn, diet cola: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Laura lynn, diet cola65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut (65/100 on 54 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut
65/100
Laura lynn, calorie free diet cola
65/100
Laura lynn, diet cola
65/100
Diet Dr Lynn Soda
65/100
Laura lynn, diet cola
65/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut scores 21.1 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 54 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Soy Protein Nuggets
2
Soy Protein Isolate
3
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
6
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
7
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Cream
9
Non Fat Dry Milk
10
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
11
Natural Flavors
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Soy Lecithin
14
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
15
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
16
Chocolate Flavored Coating
17
Palm Kernel Oil
18
Milk Protein Concentrate
19
Maltitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
23
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
24
Natural Flavor
25
Inulin Syrup
26
Polydextrose Syrup
27
Peanuts
28
Glycerine
29
Water
30
Roasted Peanut Oil
31
Vitamin Mineral Blend
32
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Beta Carotene
34
Vitamin D3
35
Vitamin E Acetate
36
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
D-calcium Pantothenate
40
Thiamin
41
Vitamin B12
42
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Pyridoxine Hcl
44
Vitamin C
45
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
46
Ferric Orthosphosphate
47
Sodium Selenite
48
Chromium Chloride
49
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
50
Roasted Peanut Flour
51
Flax Seed Meal
52
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
53
Almond Butter
54
Peanut Flour

Full Ingredient List

Soy protein nuggets (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, and salt), caramel (polydextrose, fructose, cream, non fat dry milk, fractionated palm kernel oil, natural flavors, salt, soy lecithin, carrageenan, titanium dioxide), chocolate flavored coating (palm kernel oil, milk protein concentrate, maltitol, cocoa processed with alkali, sugar, calcium carbonate, soy lecithin, sucralose*, and natural flavor), inulin syrup, polydextrose syrup, peanuts, glycerine, water, roasted peanut oil, vitamin mineral blend (vitamin a (beta carotene), vitamin d3, vitamin e acetate, biotin, folic acid, niacinamide, d-calcium pantothenate, thiamin, vitamin b12, riboflavin, pyridoxine hcl, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), ferric orthosphosphate, sodium selenite, chromium chloride, and calcium carbonate), roasted peanut flour, flax seed meal, salt, xanthan gum, almond butter, and peanut flour.

Other products containing Polydextrose Syrup

Polydextrose Syrup is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut

Neighbours outside Glucobrands Llc near Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut's mid-band score (65/100). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Glucobrands Llc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polydextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Level Life, Protein Snack Bar, Caramel Chocolatey Peanut'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 0856879003280: 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.