Betty Lou's Inc. Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball

Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball: 4/5 ingredient safety

Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball by Betty Lou's Inc. has 2 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 D.

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

Snacks / Dietary supplements / Bodybuilding supplements / Protein bars / Protein-balls

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball 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 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Peanuts, brown rice syrup, grape juice, protein blend (whey protein isolate, pea protein, whey protein concentrate), oats, dietary (tapioca) fiber, whey protein crisps (whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, tapioca starch, calcium carbonate, sun

Product Details

Barcode
0016073521434
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball'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 Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Protein Plus Peanut Butter Energy Ball's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.