Slim fast
Slim fast by Slimfast has 11 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 B.
- Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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 Slim fast, 11 of its 11 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 Slim fast 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
Mct & butter blend [mct oil blend (palm, coconut), sunflower seed butter, cocoa butter, almond butter], inulin, protein blend (whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate), soluble corn fiber, unsweetened chocolate, tapioca syrup, erythritol, whey protein crisps (whey protein concentrate, rice flour), glycerine, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin, sea salt, stevia extract, natural vanilla extract, mixed tocopherols. vitamins and minerals: magnesium phosphate, vitamin e acetate, ascorbic acid, niacinamide, biotin, ferric orthophosphate, zinc oxide, pantothenic acid, manganese sulfate, potassium iodide, vitamin a (retinyl palmitate), chromium chloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, phytonadione (vitamin k1), sodium molybdate, cholecalciferol (vitamin d3), thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, folic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Slim fast: 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: 11.
Product Details
- Brand
- Slimfast
- Barcode
- 0008346874637
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Slim fast rank on ingredient safety?
Slim fast 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's behind the 3.9/5 rating on Slim fast?
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 3.9/5 average places Slim fast 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.