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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, Palm Oil, Canola Oil, and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains 101% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring iron [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup and Sugars [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 9 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: Safflower Oil, Palm Oil, Canola Oil, and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains 101% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring iron [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup and Sugars [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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CRUST (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR [MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], FILTERED WATER, CANOLA OIL, FERMENTED DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, YEAST, SUGAR, VITAMIN C, ENZYMES); MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED COWS MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH, POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING): BEEF CRUMBLES (BEEF, CRUSHED TOMATOES [TOMATOES, SALT, CITRIC ACID], GREEN CHILES [CONTAINS CITRIC ACID], SEASONING [SALT, SPICES, PAPRIKA, DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICE EXTRACTIVE], ONIONS, JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE; PIZZA SAUCE (TOMATOES, SALT, CITRIC ACID), TOMATO SAUCE (WATER, TOMATO CONCENTRATE, SALT, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID [VITAMIN C], SEA SALT, ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED SHEEPS MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), HARD GRATING CHEESE (FOOD STARCH, WATER, PALM OIL, CELLULOSE, SALT, LACTIC ACID, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, LACTIC ACID, SORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR), POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING, NATMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]), GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, TABASCO SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, RED PEPPER, SALT); REFRIED BEANS (WATER, PINTO BEANS, LARD, SALT); CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR], ANTICAKING BLEND [POTATO STARCH, CELLULOSE], NATAMYCIN [NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR), TACO CHIPS (GROUND YELLOW CORN, VEGETABLE OIL [CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CORN, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER OR CANOLA OIL], MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, WHEY, SPICES, ONION, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER [MILK, SALT, CULTURES {ENZYMES}], HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, AND GUANYLATE, AND SPICE EXTRACTIVES INCLUDING PAPRIKA; JALAPEÑO PEPPERS WITH WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, MALIC ACID, TURMERIC OLEORESIN (COLOR); TACO SAUCE (TOMATO PUREE [WATER, TOMATO PASTE], WATER, CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SPICES, PAPRIKA, CITRIC ACID, GREEN CHILI POWDER, SODIUM BENZOATE, [PRESERVATIVEJ, XANTHAN GUM, ONION POWDER).
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Environmental Impact: Contains beans or lentils, which have the lowest carbon footprint of any protein source. [read more]
This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Maltodextrin, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, and Sodium Citrates [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains beef, which has a high carbon footprint relative to other protein sources. [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk and wheat - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
4.0 servings per container
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