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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: Palm Oil [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring iron [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Per gram, high in naturally occurring fiber [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 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Cream [read more]
This product has 4 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 lower concern
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Palm Oil [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 64% more sugar per serving than the average cold cereal [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring vitamin A [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring iron [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Per gram, high in naturally occurring fiber [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: Cream [read more]
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APPLES CINNAMON - WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, DRIED APPLES (TREATED WITH SODIUM SULFITE TO PROMOTE COLOR RETENTION), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, CINNAMON, CALCIUM CARBONATE (A SOURCE OF CALCIUM), GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (A SOURCE OF IRON), NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE*, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE*, RIBOFLAVIN*, THIAMINE MONONITRATE*, FOLIC ACID*, *ONE OF THE B VITAMINS, STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM - WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, FLAVORED AND COLORED FRUIT PIECES (DRIED APPLES, CALCIUM CARBONATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID AND SODIUM SULFITE TO PRESERVE COLOR, RED 40), CREAMER (MALTODEXTRIN, VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND/OR PALM AND/OR PALM KERNEL), WHEY SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE) DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CALCIUM CARBONATE (A SOURCE OF CALCIUM), SALT, GUAR GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, FERRIC PHOSPHATE (A SOURCE OF IRON), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE*, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE*, RIBOFLAVIN*, THIAMINE MONONITRATE*, FOLIC ACID*, *ONE OF THE B VITAMINS, PEACHES AND CREAM - WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, FLAVORED AND COLORED FRUIT PIECES (DRIED APPLES, CALCIUM CARBONATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID AND SODIUM SULFITE TO PRESERVE COLOR, ANNATTO COLOR), CREAMER (MALTODEXTRIN, VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND/OR PALM AND/OR PALM KERNEL), WHEY, SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE), DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CALCIUM CARBONATE (A SOURCE OF CALCIUM), SALT, GUAR GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, FERRIC PHOSPHATE (A SOURCE OF IRON), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE*, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE*, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE*, FOLIC ACID*, *ONE OF THE B VITAMINS, ORIGINAL - WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CALCIUM CARBONATE (A SOURCE OF CALCIUM), SALT, GUAR GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (A SOURCE OF IRON), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, MAPLE AND BROWN SUGAR - WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, CALCIUM CARBONATE, (A SOURCE OF CALCIUM), FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (A SOURCE OF IRON), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE*, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE*, RIBOFLAVIN*, THIAMINE MONONITRATE*, FOLIC ACID*, *ONE OF THE B VITAMINS
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, Vegetable Oil, Maltodextrin, and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from tree nut and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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