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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: Palm Oil and Canola Oil [read more]
Contains 30% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids 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]
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Likely contaminated with dioxin and other persistent organic pollutants [read more]
This product has 6 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.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains food additives of moderate concern
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Likely contaminated with dioxin and other persistent organic pollutants [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Palm Oil and Canola Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 30% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids and Sugars [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, REDUCED FAT CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE, POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN ([A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]), ENRICHED DURUM SEMOLINA (DURUM SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, *MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3, ENZYME), WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, PASTEURIZED MILK, NONFAT DRY MILK, WHEY, PALM OIL, AMERICAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), DRIED CREAM, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, SUGAR LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), CALCIUM CASEINATE, SPICES, YEAST EXTRACT, SKIM MILK, METHYLCELLULOSE, CANOLA OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, CHEESE CULTURE, XANTHAN GUM, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), ENZYMES, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YEAST, ONION POWDER, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN (COLOR), ANNATTO (COLOR).
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Sugars, Maltodextrin, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk and wheat - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
5.0 servings per container
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