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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.
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Corn Oil and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains 48% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
* Calculated based 100 grams & a single serving.
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]
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
This product has 11 ingredients with 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 moderate concern
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Corn Oil and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 48% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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MACARONI AND CHEESE (WATER, COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT [WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)], SKIM MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY, CHEESE POWDER [A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF WHEY, CHEESE (GRANULAR AND BLUE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES]), SUNFLOWER OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID], MALTODEXTRIN [CORN], SALT, CHEESE FLAVOR [NATURAL FLAVORS, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, SALT], FLAVOR [WATER, CREAM, SALT, BUTTERFAT, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM], XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ANNATTO, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, ENZYME-MODIFIED BUTTER, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SPICES, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], DEHYDRATED BUTTER, TURMERIC EXTRACT [COLOR], ANNATTO, TURMERIC), SAUCE (WATER, MUSHROOMS, ONIONS, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, COOKING BURGUNDY WINE [BURGUNDY WINE, SALT], SALT, ONION JUICE CONCENTRATE, BEEF, YEAST EXTRACT, BEEF STOCK, SUGAR, CORN OIL, XANTHAN GUM, DRIED SOY SAUCE [SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT], GRANULATED GARLIC, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORING [CONTAINS CELERY], ONION POWDER, SPICE), FULLY COOKED SALISBURY STEAK PATTY MADE WITH BEEF AND PORK (BEEF, PORK, WATER, ONION, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT [SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR], BREAD CRUMBS [ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DURUM FLOUR, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), YEAST], SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SEASONING [MALTODEXTRIN (CORN), HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, DRY ONION, DRY GARLIC, FLAVORING, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, EXTRACTIVES OF ROSEMARY, BEEF EXTRACT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, RENDERED BEEF FAT, AND SOYBEAN OIL])
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: Sugars, DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE, Textured Vegetable Protein, Corn Oil, Maltodextrin, Soybean, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lactic Acid, Maltodextrin (Corn), Citric Acid, and Soy Protein [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains beef, which has a high carbon footprint relative to other protein sources. [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains pork, which has a higher carbon footprint relative to chicken, eggs and plant proteins.
Contains ingredients derived from milk, wheat, soybean or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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