Protein shake, chocolate malt
Protein shake, chocolate malt has 15 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Beverages
How This Score Is Built
Protein shake, chocolate malt draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 15 of its 15 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Protein shake, chocolate malt sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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
Water, protein blend (water, nonfat milk, whey protein concentrate, soy protein isolate), sugar, contains 2% of less of maltodextrin, polydextrose, canola oil, cocoa processed with alkali, natural and artificial flavor, potassium citrate, gellatin gum, cellulose gum, mono - and citrate diglycerides, soy lecithin, dipotassium phosphate, salt, carrageenan, sucralose, acesulfame, potassium.vitamins and minerals: magnesium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), vitamin e (alpha tocopherol acetate), biotin, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, ferric pyrophosphate, calcium pantothenate, zinc sulfate, vitamin d3, manganese sulfate, vitamin k1, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), potassium iodide, vitamin b12, folic acid, chromium chloride, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, sweetened with nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Protein shake, chocolate malt: 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: 3.9/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 15.
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Product Details
- Barcode
- 0038000597251
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Protein shake, chocolate malt rank on ingredient safety?
Protein shake, chocolate malt scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.9/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Protein shake, chocolate malt's 3.9/5 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.