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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 and Corn Oil [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Per gram, high in naturally occurring fiber [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup, Sugars, and Molasses [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]
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: YELLOW 6
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
This product has 8 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]
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains food additives of lower concern
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: YELLOW 6
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Per gram, high in naturally occurring fiber [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup, Sugars, and Molasses [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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QUAKER OATMEAL SQUARES - BROWN SUGAR: WHOLE OAT FLOUR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT, BROWN SUGAR, MOLASSES, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, BAKING SODA, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), REDUCED IRON, AND FOLIC ACID, ROLD GOLD HEARTZELS PRETZELS: WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORN SYRUP, CORN OIL, SALT, YEAST, AND AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SUNCHIPS HARVEST CHEDDAR FLAVORED MINI WHOLE GRAIN SNACKS: 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), SMARTFOOD REDUCED FAT WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE POPCORN: POPCORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, BUTTERMILK, POTASSIUM SALT, LACTIC ACID, AND CITRIC ACID, CHEETOS ASTEROIDS CHEESE FLAVORED SNACKS: ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), CHEESE SEASONING (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], CANOLA OIL, MALTODEXTRIN [MADE FROM CORN], NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6]), AND SALT
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Lactic Acid, Maltodextrin (Corn), and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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