Safe

Protein Bar

by Gatorade

Open Food Facts label for barcode 51045647 · Gatorade · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 51045647

The verdict

Protein Bar by Gatorade scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Chocolate Flavored Coating, Sugar, Vegetable Oil. 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 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
51045647
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.

51045647 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Protein Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Caramel PHOTO-FINISH Unsalted Butter · ±0 BOOK-OFF …045647 · July 2026

10 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel). Source sheet 51045647 · 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: Unsalted Butter · Nearest score peer is Unsalted Butter 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.

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 Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Protein Bar100/1002. Unsalted Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Unsalted Butter100/1003. Pappardelle: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pappardelle100/1004. Academia Nuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Academia Nuts100/1005. Coconut Crispy Rolls: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Coconut Crispy Rolls100/100
High-band neighbours for Protein Bar (100/100) outside Gatorade.
Chart values as text

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

Protein Bar
100/100
Unsalted Butter
100/100
Pappardelle
100/100
Academia Nuts
100/100
Coconut Crispy Rolls
100/100

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 Bar scores 6.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.5/100), 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 Dietary supplements products

Protein Bar lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 50 (96th 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

1
Chocolate Flavored Coating
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Vegetable Oil
4
Palm Kernel Oil
5
Palm Oil
6
Sorbitan Tristearate
7
Tbhq And Citric Acid
8
Freshness
9
Whey Protein Isolate
10
Organic Cocoa
11
Natural Flavor
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Whey Protein Crisp
14
Whey Protein
15
Concentrate
16
Corn Starch
17
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
18
Peanut Creme
19
Peanuts
20
Palm Kernel And Palm Oil
21
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Solids
23
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Nonfat Dry Milk
27
Natural Flavor
28
Brown Sugar
29
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
30
Glucose
31
Syrup
32
Nonfat Milk
33
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
34
Butter
35
Cream
36
Dry Whey
37
Mono And Diglycerides
38
Brown Rice Crisp
39
Whole Grain Brown Rice
40
Flour
41
Malted Barley Flour
42
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
43
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
44
Chocolate Liquor
45
Cocoa Butter
46
Vanilla Extract
47
Milk Protein Concentrate
48
Water
49
Mixed Tocopherols
50
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Chocolate flavored coating (sugar, vegetable oil [palm kernel oil,, palm oil, sorbitan tristearate, TBHQ and citric acid (to preserve, freshness)], whey protein isolate, cocoa [processed with alkali],, natural flavor, soy lecithin), whey protein crisp (whey protein, concentrate, corn starch, calcium carbonate), peanut creme, (peanuts, vegetable oil [palm kernel and palm oil], corn syrup, solids, dextrose, sugar, salt, sorbitol, nonfat dry milk, natural, flavor, soy lecithin), corn syrup, brown sugar, caramel (glucose, syrup, sugar, palm oil, nonfat milk, glycerin, butter [cream,, salt], dry whey, corn starch, salt, mono and diglycerides, natural, flavor, soy lecithin), brown rice crisp (whole grain brown rice, flour, sugar, malted barley flour, salt), glycerin, invert sugar,, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter,, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), milk protein concentrate, salt,, water, natural flavor, mixed tocopherols (to preserve freshness),, citric acid (to preserve freshness).

Other products containing Peanut Creme

Peanut Creme is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Dietary supplements Bodybuilding supplements Protein bars

High-score cross-brand comparables for Protein Bar

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Protein Bar has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Dietary supplements category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 51045647: 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.