Solgar NOVA 4

Whey protein powdwr

Whey protein powdwr: 3.7/5 ingredient safety

Whey protein powdwr by Solgar has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Dietary supplements / Bodybuilding supplements / Protein powders / Whey-protein-powder

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. 3 of 3 ingredients tracked for Whey protein powdwr 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 Whey protein powdwr sits nationally

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

3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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

3.7
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.7 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
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

0% Produced on equipment that also processes peanuts, tree nuts, soybean, egg, wheat, sesame, shellfish, fish. A% Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Natural Flavors, Cane Sugar, Sunflower Lecithin, Cellulose Gum, Steviol Glycosides, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Acacia Gum. Contains milk ingredients. Glycine L-Proline L-Tryptophan L-Valine... L-Alanine L-Arginine L-Aspafi L-Serine L-Tyrosine **** appro L-Cysteine L-Glutamic Aci L-Lysine IL-Methionine Carefully Ha S For more 1-877-SOLGAR 92021 Soge Prod 3671 SOLGBIO P40013038 ucine... L-Phenylalanine L-Threonine approx

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Whey protein powdwr: 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

Brand
Solgar
Barcode
0033984036727
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Whey protein powdwr above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.7/5, Whey protein powdwr sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Whey protein powdwr's 3.7/5 score be read?

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 3.7/5 average places Whey protein powdwr 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.