Caution

Protein Shake Chocolate

by Elevation

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4099100184716 · Elevation · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4099100184716 · Serving size 1 serving (325 ml)

The verdict

Protein Shake Chocolate by Elevation scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 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 64-component record, beginning with Water Protein Blend, Milk Protein Concentrate, Milk 25% Protein Isolate. 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 64 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
4099100184716
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

57/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

00184716 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Protein Shake Chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Bacon cheeseburger pizza · ±0 BOOK-OFF …184716 · July 2026

17 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 00184716 · 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: Bacon cheeseburger pizza · Nearest score peer is Bacon cheeseburger pizza 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 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.

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. Protein Shake Chocolate: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Protein Shake Chocolate80/1002. Bacon cheeseburger pizza: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bacon cheeseburger pizza80/1003. Diet Cola: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Diet Cola80/1004. Natural Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Natural Colby Jack Cheese…80/1005. Fat Free Half & Half: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fat Free Half & Half80/100
High-band neighbours for Protein Shake Chocolate (80/100) outside Elevation.
Chart values as text

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

Protein Shake Chocolate
80/100
Bacon cheeseburger pizza
80/100
Diet Cola
80/100
Natural Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites
80/100
Fat Free Half & Half
80/100

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. Protein Shake Chocolate scores 13.5 points below that category average (80/100 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

Protein Shake Chocolate lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). Below this entry. 34–36: 41 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 36 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 255 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Dietary supplements product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

2,658 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 64 (98th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 64 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water Protein Blend
2
Milk Protein Concentrate
3
Milk 25% Protein Isolate
4
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
6
Cocoa 25%
7
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
8
Calcium Phosphate
9
25% Magnesium Phosphate
10
Potassium 25% Phosphate
11
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
12
Vitamin C
13
Ferric Orthophosphate
14
Iron
15
Zinc Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
17
Vitamin Ej
18
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Vitamin B31
20
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
D-calcium Pantothenate
22
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Copper Citrate
24
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Vitamin B6
26
Thiamine 25% Hydrochloride
27
Vitamin B1
28
25% Riboflavin
29
Vitamin B2
30
Chromium Chloride
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
33
Sodium 25% Molybdate
34
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
35
Sodium Selenite
36
Phytonadione
37
Vitamin Kj
38
50% Cholecalciferol
39
Vitamin D3
40
25% Cyanocobalamin
41
Vitamin B12
42
Sunflower Oil
43
Natural And Artificial 25% %Flavors
44
Potassium Phosphate
45
Inulin
Other
Safe
46
25% Mono And Diglycerides
47
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
48
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
49
Cellulose Gel
50
25% Sodium Ascorbate
51
25% Sucralose
52
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
53
Cellulose Gum
54
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
55
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
56
Milk
57
Ater
58
Protein Ble Milk Protein Isolate Calcium Caseinate Coa
59
Vita E
60
Pyridoxine Hydr Hydrochloride Hromium Chloride Ybdate
61
Potass Tonadione Mitamin Cyanocobal Dil
62
Natural And Phosphate S
63
Sodium E Gel
64
Sodium Asco Carrageenan Potassium Sugar Ld Exclusively 25%

Full Ingredient List

water protein blend (milk protein concentrate, milk 25% protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, calcium caseinate), contains less than 2% of cocoa 25% (processed with alkali), vitamin and mineral blend (calcium phosphate, 25% magnesium phosphate, potassium 25% phosphate, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), ferric orthophosphate (iron), zinc gluconate, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin ej, niacinamide [vitamin b31, manganese sulfate, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, copper citrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6], thiamine 25% hydrochloride [vitamin b1], 25% riboflavin (vitamin b2], chromium chloride, folic acid, biotin, sodium 25% molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, phytonadione [vitamin kj, 50% cholecalciferol [vitamin d3], 25% cyanocobalamin [vitamin b12]), sunflower oil, natural and artificial 25% %flavors, potassium phosphate, inulin, 25% mono and diglycerides, salt, sodium hexametaphosphate, cellulose gel, 25% sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), 25% sucralose, carrageenan, cellulose gum, acesulfame potassium, sugar, 25% contains: milk, ater, protein ble milk protein isolate calcium caseinate coa (processed with end (calcium phosp assium phosphate s rric orthophosph alpha-tocopheryl vitamin b31 manga intothenate, vita e,pyridoxine hydr hydrochloride hromium chloride ybdate, potass tonadione mitamin cyanocobal dil, natural and phosphate s, salt, sodium e gel, sodium asco carrageenan potassium sugar ld exclusively 25%

Categories

Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein shakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Protein Shake Chocolate

Neighbours outside Elevation with screening scores in the same high band as Protein Shake Chocolate (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Elevation; 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 Chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 64-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Protein Shake Chocolate'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 4099100184716: 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.