original
original by Slim fast has 3 tracked ingredients, 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
Meals / Meal replacements
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 original, 3 of its 3 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 original 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
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Sugar, sunflower creamer (sunflower oil, buttermilk, disodium phosphate, natural flavor, silicon dioxide), cellulose gel, maltodextrin, milk protein concentrate, vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, dipotassium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate [vitamin E], sodium ascorbate [vitamin C], ferric orthophosphate [iron], niacinamide [vitamin B3], potassium iodide, zinc oxide, manganese sulfate, vitamin A palmitate, phytonadione [vitamin K1], sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, copper gluconate, cholecalciferol [vitamin D3], D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, chromium chloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin B6], thiamine mononitrate [vitamin B1], folic acid, riboflavin [vitamin B2], cyanocobalamin [vitamin B12]), natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, salt, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, lecithin. Contains milk and soy.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for original: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Slim fast
- Barcode
- 0008346026388
- Nutri-Score
- Grade NOT-APPLICABLE
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does original rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, original's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on original?
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 original 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.