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Huel V3.0

by Huel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5060495114250 · Huel · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5060495114250

The verdict

Huel V3.0 by Huel scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Gluten-free Oats, Pea Protein, Ground Flaxseed. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
5060495114250
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

95114250 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Huel V3.0 label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 44% LEAD-RARE Sodium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Kettle cooked potato · ±0 BOOK-OFF …114250 · July 2026

10 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Chloride). Source sheet 95114250 · 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: Kettle cooked potato chips · Nearest score peer is Kettle cooked potato chips at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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.

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. Huel V3.0: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Huel V3.0100/1002. Kettle cooked potato chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kettle cooked potato chips100/1003. Vicens, hard almond nougat: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Vicens, hard almond nougat100/1004. Jicens, agramunt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Jicens, agramunt100/1005. Vicens, toasted egg yolk nougat: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Vicens, toasted egg yolk …100/100
High-band neighbours for Huel V3.0 (100/100) outside Huel.
Chart values as text

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

Huel V3.0
100/100
Kettle cooked potato chips
100/100
Vicens, hard almond nougat
100/100
Jicens, agramunt
100/100
Vicens, toasted egg yolk nougat
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Huel V3.0 scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Huel V3.0 lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 56th percentile a longer ingredient list than 56% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 32 (56th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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

1
Gluten-free Oats
2
Pea Protein
3
Ground Flaxseed
4
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Organic Brown Rice Protein
6
Micronutrient Blend
7
Sunflower Oil Powder
8
Medium-chain Triglyceride Powder
9
From Coconut
10
Faba Bean Protein
11
Guar Gum
12
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
13
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
14
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
15
Sodium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
16
L-ascorbic Acid
17
Lutein
18
D-alpha Tocopherol Acetate
19
Menaquinone-7
20
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Retinyl Acetate
22
Calcium D-pantothenate
23
Cyanocobalamin
24
Plant-derived Cholecalciferol
25
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
26
Ergocalciferol
27
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Calcium L-methylfolate
31
Tree Nuts
32
Organic Coconut

Full Ingredient List

Gluten-Free Oats, Pea Protein, Ground Flaxseed, Tapioca Starch, Brown Rice Protein, Micronutrient Blend*, Sunflower Oil Powder, Medium-Chain Triglyceride Powder (from Coconut), Faba Bean Protein, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum. *Micronutrient Blend: Potassium Citrate, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Chloride, L-Ascorbic Acid, Lutein, D-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate, Menaquinone-7, Niacinamide, Retinyl Acetate, Calcium D-Pantothenate, Cyanocobalamin, Plant-Derived Cholecalciferol, Potassium Iodide, Ergocalciferol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium L-Methylfolate. CONTAINS: TREE NUTS (COCONUT).

Other products containing Plant-derived Cholecalciferol

Plant-derived Cholecalciferol is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Meal replacements

High-score cross-brand comparables for Huel V3.0

Neighbours outside Huel with screening scores in the same high band as Huel V3.0 (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Huel; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

10 of 32 parsed ingredients on Huel V3.0 match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 5060495114250: 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.