Animal Nutri-Score NOT-APPLICABLE NOVA 4

100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder

100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder: 4/5 ingredient safety

100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder by Animal has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is NOT-APPLICABLE.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Dietary supplements / Bodybuilding supplements / Protein powders

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For 100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where 100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
NOT-APPLICABLE
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Animal 100% Whey Protein™™ Blend [whey protein concentrate (sunflower or soy lecithin), whey protein isolate (lecithin)], natural and artificial flavor, gum blend (cellulose gum, xanthan gum, carrageenan), sodium chloride, acesulfame potassium, sucralose. Contains Milk and Soy. Made in a GMP facility on equipment that processes milk, soy, egg, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, and sesame.

Product Details

Brand
Animal
Barcode
0039442000750
Nutri-Score
Grade NOT-APPLICABLE
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is 100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder above or below average on ingredient safety?

100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should 100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder's 4/5 score be read?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4/5 average places 100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder in the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.