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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.
EWG calculates that this product contains 14 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
* Calculated based on a serving, not per 100 grams.
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.
Contains 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40 and YELLOW 6
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Cream [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 moderate 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.
Contains food additives of moderate concern
Contains 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40 and YELLOW 6
EWG calculates that this product contains 14 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Product has been classified as having moderate processing concerns
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Cream [read more]
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ROOT BEER - FILTERED CARBONATED WATER, PURE CANE SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, CARAMEL COLOR, VANILLIN, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS) AND CITRIC ACID., CREAM SODA - FILTERED CARBONATED WATER, PURE CANE SUGAR, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS AND QUILLAIA., ORANGE POP - FILTERED CARBONATED WATER, PURE CANE SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), GUM ARABIC, NATURAL FLAVORS, ESTER GUM, YELLOW 6, BROMINATED SOYBEAN OIL AND RED 40., CARDINAL CREAM - FILTERED CARBONATED WATER, NATURAL PURE CANE SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, RED 40 AND CARAMEL COLOR.
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.
Products remain in the Database for two years after their label information is recorded in stores, even when they have been discontinued (products may remain in stores and pantries long past the date they cease to be manufactured). EWG marks a product it is aware has been discontinued with a banner identifying it as such.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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