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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, Canola Oil, Soy Bean Oil, and Corn Oil [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Fructose, Corn Syrup, Sugars, Dextrose, and Honey [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 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: YELLOW 6 LAKE
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]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
This product has 12 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
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: YELLOW 6 LAKE
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: Safflower Oil, Canola Oil, Soy Bean Oil, and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Fructose, Corn Syrup, Sugars, Dextrose, and Honey [read more]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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BEER NUTS ORIGINAL PEANUTS [PEANUTS, COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP AND SALT], BBQ INSANE GRAIN [CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OR SAFFLOWER OIL), SALT, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (ONION, TOMATO, GARLIC), DEXTROSE, SPICES, PAPRIKA, FRUCTOSE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING SMOKE), TORULA YEAST, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR AND LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE TO PREVENT CAKING], HOT & SPICY SESAME STICKS [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON (REDUCED IRON), THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, BULGUR WHEAT, PEPPER SAUCE SEASONING (TOMATO POWDER, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN FLOUR, ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, PEPPER SAUCE POWDER (AGED RED PEPPERS, VINEGAR, SALT), CITRIC ACID, JALAPENO PEPPER POWDER, CHILI PEPPER), SALT, BEET POWDER (COLOR), TURMERIC (COLOR)], PRETZEL NIBLETS [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, CORN SYRUP, YEAST], NACHO CORN STICKS [YELLOW CORN MASA, SOYBEAN OIL, NACHO SEASONING (DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, SALT, CULTURES, ENZYMES), SALT, RICE FLOUR, TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, WHEY, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 6 LAKE, SPICE, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR), DISODIUM INOSINATE & DISODIUM GUANYLATE)], HONEY MUSTARD SPUGGETS [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, CANOLA, COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN), SALT, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, FRUCTOSE, CORN SYRUP, ONION POWDER, MUSTARD FLOUR, SALAD STYLE MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC), FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, HONEY, TURMERIC EXTRACTIVE, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, YEAST, NATURAL FLAVOR, VINEGAR SOLIDS]
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Flour, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Fructose, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Bean Oil, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Corn, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, soybean, milk, peanut or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
24.6 servings per container
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