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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]
EWG calculates that this product is 36% sugar by weight and contains 3 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 1 added fiber ingredient(s): Vegetable Fiber [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]
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, and YELLOW 5
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]
This product has 2 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 lower concern
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, and YELLOW 5
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 and Canola Oil [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 36% sugar by weight and contains 3 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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PRETZEL (WHEAT FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, VEGETABLE FIBER, YEAST, SODA), MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, MILK, SKIM MILK, SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER, VANILLA EXTRACT), SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, MILK, BUTTERFAT, SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER, VANILLA EXTRACT), SUGAR-BASED COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, SKIM MILK, MILK, HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, GLYCERYL-LACTO ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS AND SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIERS, VANILLA EXTRACT, SALT), GREEN CONFECTIONARY COATING (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL AND HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL), MILK, WHEY, SKIM MILK, FD&C YELLOW LAKE NO. 5, FD&C BLUE LAKE NO. 1, SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), RED CONFECTIONARY COATING (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL AND HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL), MILK, WHEY, SKIM MILK, FD&C RED LAKE NO. 40, SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), DARK CHOCOLATE FLAVORED COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL AND PALM OILS, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, LACTOSE, SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER, SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, VANILLA EXTRACT), MILK CHOCOLATE FLAVORED COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, SKIM MILK, COCOA POWDER, SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER, SALT), SOY LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER.
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: Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Lecithin, Vegetable Oil, and Lecithin (Soy) [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
12.0 servings per container
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