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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: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, and Canola [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Dextrose [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]
Contains 4 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Milk (Reduced Fat), Milk (Fat Free), Cheese (Cheddar), Milk, Buttermilk, Cheese (Parmesan), Dairy Product Solids, and Cheese Culture [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
Contains 4 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, and Canola [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Dextrose [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 (Reduced Fat), Milk (Fat Free), Cheese (Cheddar), Milk, Buttermilk, Cheese (Parmesan), Dairy Product Solids, and Cheese Culture [read more]
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
EWG's Good Food On A Tight Budget
EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food
LAY'S CLASSIC POTATO CHIPS INGREDIENTS: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), AND SALT. LAY'S BAKED ORIGINAL POTATO CRISPS INGREDIENTS: DRIED POTATOES, CORN STARCH, CORN OIL, SUGAR, SEA SALT, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTROSE, AND ANNATTO EXTRACTS. CONTAINS SOY INGREDIENTS. SUNCHIPS HARVEST CHEDDAR FLAVORED WHOLE GRAIN SNACKS INGREDIENTS: WHOLE CORN, SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHOLE WHEAT, BROWN RICE FLOUR, WHOLE OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, BUTTERMILK, POTASSIUM SALT, ROMANO CHEESE COW’S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), YEAST EXTRACT, 'LACTOSE, PAPRIKA EXTRACTS, SODIUM CASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, SKIM MILK, GARLIC POWDER, LACTIC ACID, AND PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES). CONTAINS MILK AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS. DORITOS COOL RANCH FLAVORED TORTILLA CHIPS INGREDIENTS: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, CORN STARCH, TOMATO POWDER, LACTOSE, WHEY SKIM MILK, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DEXTROSE MALIC ACID CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, BUTTERMILK NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SODIUM ACETATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5), SPICE, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS. DORITOS NACHO CHEESE FLAVORED TORTILLA CHIPS INGREDIENTS: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL SUNFLOWER, CANOLA, AND/OR CORN OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), AND LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES , WHEY MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTERMILK, ROMANO CHEESE (PART-SKIM COW’S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ROMANO CH ESE (COW’S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT ENZYMES), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, CORN FLOUR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, TOMATO POWDER, LACTOSE, SPICES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6, YELLOW RED 40), LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SKIM MILK, RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, AND SODIUM CASEINATE. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Corn, Lecithin (Soy), Lactic Acid, Maltodextrin (Corn), Citric Acid, and Canola [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk, wheat or soybean - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
60.0 servings per container
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