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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 known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Vegetable Shortening (Palm) [read more]
Contains 49% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
* Calculated based 100 grams & a single serving.
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]
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Milk Powder (Fat Free), Cream (Sour Cream), Chicken (Breast), Cheese, Cream, and Cheese Culture [read more]
This product has 5 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 ingredients known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Vegetable Shortening (Palm) [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 49% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [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 Powder (Fat Free), Cream (Sour Cream), Chicken (Breast), Cheese, Cream, and Cheese Culture [read more]
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
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EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food
ROMAINE LETTUCE, ELOTE STYLE DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SOUR CREAM (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, CREAM, NONFAT MILK POWDER, GELATIN], DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, EGG YOLKS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% CORN STARCH, SUGAR, SPICES [INCLUDES MUSTARD], LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, XANTHAN GUM, PAPRIKA [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, DEHYDRATED GARLIC), CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT, WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, CULTURED SUGAR AND VINEGAR, POTATO STARCH, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS), COTIJA CHEESE (COTIJA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], ORGANIC POTATO STARCH [TO PREVENT CAKING]), ROASTED CORN, SMOKED PAPRIKA CORNBREAD CRUMBLE (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], CORNBREAD MIX [CORN MEAL, SUGAR, CORN FLOUR, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SUNFLOWER OIL], SUNFLOWER/CANOLA OIL WITH ROSEMARY |SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, ROSEMARY EXTRACT (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS)], SMOKED PAPRIKA SEASONING [SMOKED PAPRIKA, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, VINEGAR POWDER (MALTODEXTRIN, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR), 2% OF LESS OF RICE HULLS (TO PREVENT CAKING)], PALM OIL SHORTENING, SALT, YEAST), CARROT, RED CABBAGE.
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.
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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: Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Canola Oil, Sugars, Corn, Maltodextrin, Cornbread, and Xanthan Gum [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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