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EWG Overall Score Breakdown
The product score is based on weighted scores for nutrition, ingredient and processing concerns. Generally, nutrition counts most, ingredient concerns next and degree of processing least. The weighted scores are added together to determine the final score. Read more about scores here.
EWG scored on three factors: nutrition, ingredient concerns, and the degree of processing. Read the full scoring methodology.
Considers calories, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, sodium, protein, fiber and fruit, vegetable and nut content to differentiate between healthful and less healthful foods. For more information on nutrition concerns, read our full methodology.
EWG calculates that this product is 47% sugar by weight and contains 4 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Per gram, high in calories [read more]
Considers food additives, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and contaminants like mercury and BPA, which can affect human health and the environment. For more information on ingredient concerns, read methodology.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Milk Powder (Fat Free), Cream (Heavy Cream), Milk, Cream, Milk Powder, Condensed Milk, and Butter [read more]
This product has 2 ingredients with concerns as well as some contamination concerns:
Estimates how much the food has been processed. Considers many factors, chief among them, modification of individual ingredients from whole foods and number of artificial ingredients. For more information on processing concerns, read our full methodology.
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Products with moderate and high processing concerns generally have more artificial ingredients, more ingredients that have been significantly modified from whole foods, and more ingredients overall.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains food additives of lower concern
EWG calculates that this product is 47% sugar by weight and contains 4 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Milk Powder (Fat Free), Cream (Heavy Cream), Milk, Cream, Milk Powder, Condensed Milk, and Butter [read more]
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
EWG's Good Food On A Tight Budget
EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food
SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, HAZELNUTS, VEGETABLE FATS (PALM, PALM KERNEL, SHEANUT), COCOA MASS, MILK POWDER, SKIM MILK POWDER, COCOA, SALTED BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), LACTOSE, WHEY, GLUCOSE SYRUP, SORBITOL SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK (MILK, SUGAR), BUTTEROIL, HEAVY CREAM, GROUND COCOA BEANS, LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER, ALMONDS, DEXTROSE, INVERT CANE SUGAR SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PASTEURIZED MILK, GROUND SWEETENED HAZELNUTS (SUGAR, GROUND HAZELNUTS), FREEZE-DRIED COFFEE, WHEAT FLOUR, CARAMELIZED SUGAR SYRUP, RICE FLOUR, CORN FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SUNFLOWER OIL, WHEY PROTEINS, SALT, INVERTASE AS STABILIZER, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE AS LEAVENING AGENT
Products remain in the database for two years after their label information is recorded in stores. A product with label information last recorded more than a year ago is marked with an * identifying it as an older product.
Products remain in the Database for two years after their label information is recorded in stores, even when they have been discontinued (products may remain in stores and pantries long past the date they cease to be manufactured). EWG marks a product it is aware has been discontinued with a banner identifying it as such.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Sugar Syrup, Corn Flour, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugars, Dextrose, Lecithin, Glucose Syrup, and Vegetable Fat [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk, wheat or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
8.0 servings per container
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