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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 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]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Contains 1 added fiber ingredient(s): Cellulose Powder [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]
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 6 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: Canola 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]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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ENRICHED UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), MEATBALLS (BEEF, PORK, BEEF BROTH, TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, BREADCRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, YEAST), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY), WATER, PIZZA SAUCE: (WATER, TOMATO PASTE, SUGAR, SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PARMESAN CHEESE (CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE), GARLIC POWDER, GARLIC PUREE (GARLIC, WATER), ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID, OREGANO, BASIL, BLACK PEPPER, RED PEPPER), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, AND ENZYMES), RICOTTA CHEESE (WHEY, WHOLE MILK, CREAM, VINEGAR, AND XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM (STABILIZERS)), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: PROVOLONE CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, AND ENZYMES), SOYBEAN OIL, PARMESAN & ROMANO CHEESE BLEND (PARMESAN CHEESE [MADE FROM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ROMANO CHEESE [MADE FROM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], POWDERED CELLULOSE/STARCH BLEND ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), DOUGH CONDITIONER (SALT, WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ASCORBIC ACID, L-CYSTEINE), BUTTER FLAVOR (CONTAINS MALTODEXTRIN AND NATURAL FLAVORS), YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), FOUR CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEESE BLEND [CHEDDAR CHEESE, PARMESAN CHEESE, ROMANO CHEESE, AND MOZZARELLA CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT}), BREADCRUMBS (BLEACHED FLOUR, WATER, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, AND/OR CANOLA OIL), SALT, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SUGAR, DEXTROSE)), SOY LECITHIN, PARSLEY, OREGANO, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, GROUND BLACK PEPPER
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Vegetable Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), Citric Acid, and Starch [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 or soybean - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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