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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 a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 177% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
* Calculated based on a serving, not per 100 grams.
* 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.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
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]
This product has 7 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]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 177% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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WHITE MEAT CHICKEN PATTY STRIPS: CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, BREADER (CORN FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEXTROSE, FLAVORINGS, GROUND CELERY SEED), SAUCE (WATER, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE [WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, ALCOHOL, VINEGAR, LACTIC ACID], CHILI PASTE [RED CHILI PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT], RICE VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, GINGER, XANTHAN GUM, SALT, CITRIC ACID), BATTER (WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT), WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, FLAVORINGS. FRIED IN VEGETABLE OIL. GREEN CHILI MACARONI AND CHEESE SAUCE: CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, PASTEURIZED PROCESSED CHEESE SPREAD [CHEDDAR AND COLBY CHEESE {MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SKIM MILK, MILKFAT, SALT, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GUM], SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, SEASONING [CORN MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY POWDER, CORN STARCH, BUTTERMILK POWDER, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER {CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, SPICE, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE], SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SERRANO PEPPER PUREE, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, GROUND WHITE PEPPER), COOKED MACARONI PASTA (WATER, ENRICHED PASTA (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, IRON [FERROUS SULFATE], THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID).
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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, Soy Sauce, Maltodextrin (Maize), Sugars, Dextrose, Vegetable Oil, Soybean, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Lactic Acid, and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, soybean, milk or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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