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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, Canola Oil, and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains low calorie sweeteners: Sweeteners, Acesulphame Potassium, and Sucralose [read more]
Contains 42% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [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.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains 5 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, BLUE 1, BHA, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
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]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
This product has 14 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 higher concern
Contains 5 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, BLUE 1, BHA, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
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]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Palm Oil, Canola Oil, and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains low calorie sweeteners: Sweeteners, Acesulphame Potassium, and Sucralose [read more]
Contains 42% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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PURIFIED WATER; TORTILLA CHIPS (GROUND WHITE CORN, VEGETABLE OIL [CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, SUNFLOWER, OR CANOLA OIL], SALT); NACHO CHEESE (WHEY, MILK, CANOLA OIL, DRIED CORN SYRUP, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, VINEGAR, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, CHEESE CULTURE, NATURAL FLAVOR, ENZYMES, APOCAROTENAL [COLOR]), ; SALSA (WATER, TOMATO PASTE, GREEN CHILI PEPPERS, VINEGAR, DRIED ONIONS, LESS THAN 2% OF HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE AS PRESERVATIVES, CITRIC ACID, SPICE); FRUIT FLAVORED SNACK WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS (CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, PEAR PUREE CONCENTRATÉ, MALTODEXTRIN, PALM OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, FRUIT PECTIN, MALIC ACID, TARTARIC ACID, VITAMIN C [ASCORBIC ACID], ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVOR, COLOR [RED 40, YELLOWS 5 & 6, BLUE 1]); TROPICAL PUNCH ARTIFICIAL FLAVORED SOFT DRINK MIX (SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, CITRIC ACID, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ASCORBIC ACID [VITAMIN C], NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM AND SUCRALOSE [SWEETENERS], CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, RED 40, BLUE 1, BHA [PRESERVES FRESHNESS]).
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Fructose, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Corn Syrup (Dried), Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, and Sodium Citrates [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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