Caution

Chocolate Fudge Brownie

by Huel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5060495117541 · Huel · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5060495117541 · Serving size 1 scoop (29 g)

The verdict

Chocolate Fudge Brownie by Huel scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Faba Bean Protein, Pea Protein, Cocoa Powder. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
5060495117541
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

95117541 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Fudge Brownie label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Master Of Mixes, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …117541 · July 2026

13 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 95117541 · 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: Master Of Mixes, Lite Sweet M' Sour Mixer · Nearest score peer is Master Of Mixes, Lite Sweet M' Sour Mixer 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.

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. Chocolate Fudge Brownie: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Fudge Brownie85/1002. Master Of Mixes, Lite Sweet M' Sour Mixer: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Master Of Mixes, Lite Swe…85/1003. Master Of Mixes, Lite Sweet N'sour Real Lemon Juice: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Master Of Mixes, Lite Swe…85/1004. Daiquiri/margarita mixers: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Daiquiri/margarita mixers85/1005. Mixes: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mixes85/100
High-band neighbours for Chocolate Fudge Brownie (85/100) outside Huel.
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Fudge Brownie
85/100
Master Of Mixes, Lite Sweet M' Sour Mixer
85/100
Master Of Mixes, Lite Sweet N'sour Real Lemon Juice
85/100
Daiquiri/margarita mixers
85/100
Mixes
85/100

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. Chocolate Fudge Brownie scores 8.5 points below that category average (85/100 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

Chocolate Fudge Brownie lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 39 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 33 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 28 (81st 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Faba Bean Protein
2
Pea Protein
3
Cocoa Powder
4
Natural Flavors
5
Organic Brown Rice Protein
6
Micronutrient Blend
7
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
8
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Flaxseed Oil Powder
10
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
11
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
12
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
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
Magnesium Oxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
15
L-ascorbic Acid
16
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
17
D-alpha Tocopherol Acetate
18
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Retinyl Acetate
20
Menaquinone-7
21
Calcium D-pantothenate
22
Plant-derived Cholecalciferol
23
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
24
Cyanocobalamin
25
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Calcium L-methylfolate

Full Ingredient List

Faba Bean Protein, Pea Protein, Cocoa Powder, Natural Flavors, Brown Rice Protein, Micronutrient Blend*, Xanthan Gum, Sea Salt, Flaxseed Oil Powder, Sucralose, Potassium Citrate, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Oxide, L-Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Chloride, D-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate, Niacinamide, Retinyl Acetate, Menaquinone-7, Calcium D-Pantothenate, Plant-Derived Cholecalciferol, Potassium Iodide, Cyanocobalamin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium L-Methylfolate

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

Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein-supplement

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Neighbours outside Huel with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolate Fudge Brownie (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Huel; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Fudge Brownie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Chocolate Fudge Brownie's 1 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 5060495117541: 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.