diabetic weight loss

diabetic weight loss: 4.1/5 ingredient safety

diabetic weight loss by Slim fast has 15 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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

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 diabetic weight loss, 15 of its 15 tracked ingredients carry 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 diabetic weight loss sits nationally

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

4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

4.1
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.1 out of 5
Based on 15 tracked ingredients
15
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
15
Low Risk / Safe
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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

SUNFLOWER OIL, INULIN, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), MALTODEXTRIN, GUM ARABIC, CELLULOSE GEL, SODIUM CASENT CONCENTRATE, SOY FIBER, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, CARAGEENAN, DEXTROSE, GUAR GUM, ACESULFAME POT, LESTRIAL WONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE, SUCRALOSE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, VITAMINE ACETA, ORTHOPHOSPHATE, NIACINAMIDE, CHROMIUM PICOLINATE, ZINC OXIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, PYRIDOXINE H, THAN MONONITRATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN, BIOTIN, COPPER GLUCONATE, FOLIC ACID, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, SODIUM SELENTE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, CHOLECALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D3), AND CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12)

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for diabetic weight loss: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0008346861002
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does diabetic weight loss rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, diabetic weight loss's 4.1/5 average puts it in the safer 58%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.1/5 ingredient safety score mean?

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 4.1/5 average places diabetic weight loss 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.