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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: Safflower Oil and Canola Oil [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Invert Sugar [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.
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, FD&C BLUE #2, and BLUE 1
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
This product has 9 ingredients with concerns as well as some contamination 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.
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains food additives of moderate concern
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, FD&C BLUE #2, and BLUE 1
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [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: Safflower Oil and Canola Oil [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Invert Sugar [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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ROMAINE LETTUCE, GRILLED CHILI LIME CHICKEN BREAST MEAT STRIPS (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SOY SAUCE [WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT], LESS THAN 2% SPICES [INCLUDING PAPRIKA], RICE STARCH, BROWN SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CHILI PEPPER, CILANTRO, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, LIME OIL), SALSA RANCH DRESSING (SALSA [TOMATOES, ONIONS, CHILIES, GARLIC, SALT, CILANTRO, CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM], SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WATER, BUTTERMILK [CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SALT], INVERTED SUGAR, WHITE WINE VINEGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CALCIUM DISODIUM, EDTA [TO PROTECT FLAVOR], CITRIC ACID, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, EGG YOLK, JALAPENO, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, PEPPER SAUCE [DISTILLED VINEGAR, RED PEPPER, SALT], PHOSPHORIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE [AS PRESERVATIVES], SPICES [CONTAINS MUSTARD], XANTHAN GUM), FIRE ROASTED CORN, BLACK BEANS, FOUR CHEESE BLEND (MONTEREY JACK AND QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], ASADERO AND CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR)], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [MOLD INHIBITOR]), TRI-COLOR TORTILLA STRIPS (CORN MASA FLOUR, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR CANOLA OIL, SEASONING [WHEY, SOUR CREAM POWDER {CREAM, NONFAT DRY MILK, CULTURES}, CHEDDAR CHEESE {MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES}, SEA SALT, SPICES, MILK, CITRIC ACID, BUTTERMILK, TOMATO POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PAPRIKA {COLOR}, ONION POWDER, COCONUT OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE, GARLIC POWDER, LACTIC ACID, LIME JUICE SOLIDS, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA {COLOR}, NATURAL FLAVORS], RED 40, BLUE 1, BLUE 2)
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Eating fresh fruits and vegetables is an essential part of a healthy diet [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains beans or lentils, which have the lowest carbon footprint of any protein source. [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains chicken, which has a lower carbon footprint compared to other meats. [read more]
This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Sugars, Corn, Invert Sugar, Soybean, Xanthan Gum, Lactic Acid, and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from milk, wheat, soybean or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
4.5 servings per container
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