Concern

Carnivor

by MuscleMeds

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0891597006168 · MuscleMeds · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0891597006168

The verdict

Carnivor by MuscleMeds scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Carnivor Bpi, Hydrolyzed Beef Protein Isolate, Gkg. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 33 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0891597006168
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

97006168 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Carnivor label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Cape cod, cranberry · ±0 BOOK-OFF …006168 · July 2026

10 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 97006168 · 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: Cape cod, cranberry dry, diet cranberry naturally flavored antioxidant soda · Nearest score peer is Cape cod, cranberry dry, diet cranberry naturally flavored antioxidant soda 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 is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.

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. Carnivor: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Carnivor55/1002. Cape cod, cranberry dry, diet cranberry naturally flavored antioxidant soda: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cape cod, cranberry dry, …55/1003. Fried Dough Sticks: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fried Dough Sticks55/1004. Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, Atomic Peppermint: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, …55/1005. Grenades, Grape Bomb: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Grenades, Grape Bomb55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Carnivor (55/100 on 33 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Carnivor
55/100
Cape cod, cranberry dry, diet cranberry naturally flavored antioxidant soda
55/100
Fried Dough Sticks
55/100
Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, Atomic Peppermint
55/100
Grenades, Grape Bomb
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 3,895 products we've scored in the Dietary supplements category, the average safety score is 93.5/100. Carnivor scores 38.5 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 93.5/100), 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 Dietary supplements products

Carnivor lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 2,658 products we track

0–2: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 102 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 197 products (7%). Below this entry. 6–8: 258 products (10%). Below this entry. 8–10: 249 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 252 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 226 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 185 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 152 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 131 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 127 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 87 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 88 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 64 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 57 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 39 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 33 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 41 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 36 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 255 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dietary supplements 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

2,658 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 33 (85th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
32 products (1%)
2–4
102 products (4%)
4–6
197 products (7%)
6–8
258 products (10%)
8–10
249 products (9%)
10–12
252 products (9%)
12–14
226 products (9%)
14–16
185 products (7%)
16–18
152 products (6%)
18–20
131 products (5%)
20–22
127 products (5%)
22–24
87 products (3%)
24–26
88 products (3%)
26–28
64 products (2%)
28–30
57 products (2%)
30–32
39 products (1%)
32–34
33 products (1%)
34–36
41 products (2%)
36–38
47 products (2%)
38–40
36 products (1%)
40 and above
255 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 2,658 Dietary supplements 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Carnivor Bpi
2
Hydrolyzed Beef Protein Isolate
3
Gkg
4
Glutamine-alpha-ketoglutarate
5
Okg
6
Ornithine - Alpha-ketoglutarate
7
Akg
8
Alpha-ketoglutarate
9
And Kic
10
Alpha-ketoisocaproate
11
Bcaas
12
L-leucine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
13
L-valine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
L-isoleucine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
16
Natural And Artificial Flavor
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Silica
19
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
20
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
21
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
22
Antifoam
23
Propylene Glycol Mono - And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids
24
Mono Glyceride Of Fatty Acids
25
Polyglycerol Oleate
26
Rdb Soybean Oil
27
Dimethylpolysiloxane
LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Prior Sanctioned
28
Hydrophobic Silica
29
Polysorbate 60k
30
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
31
Paraffin
32
Sunflower Lecithin And Fd&c Red # 40
33
Bioengineered Food Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

Carnivor BPI [Hydrolyzed Beef Protein Isolate, Anabolic Nitrogen Retention Technology™ Intermediates: GKG (Glutamine-Alpha-Ketoglutarate), OKG (Ornithine - Alpha-Ketoglutarate), AKG (Alpha-Ketoglutarate), and KIC (Alpha-Ketoisocaproate), BCAAS (L-Leucine, L-Valine, L-Isoleucine)], Maltodextrin, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Salt, Silica, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, Titanium Dioxide, Antifoam (Propylene Glycol Mono - and Diesters of Fats and Fatty Acids, Mono Glyceride of Fatty Acids, Polyglycerol Oleate, RDB Soybean Oil, Dimethylpolysiloxane, Hydrophobic Silica, Polysorbate 60K, Sorbitan Monostearate, Contains Less Than 2% of Paraffin), Sunflower Lecithin and FD&C Red # 40, Contains bioengineered food ingredients.

Categories

Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein powders

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Carnivor

Neighbours outside MuscleMeds near Carnivor's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within MuscleMeds; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Carnivor's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Carnivor'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 0891597006168: 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.