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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 known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Shortening [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 50% sugar by weight and contains 4 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [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 5 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, RED 3, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
This product has 10 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, RED 3, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Contains ingredients known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Shortening [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 50% sugar by weight and contains 4 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 high processing concerns
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
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COOKIES: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, ASCORBIC ACID, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AMYLASE, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, PALM OIL, WATER, INVERT SUGAR, BAKING SODA, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, WHITE ICING POUCH: SUGAR, WATER, PALM OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), POLYSORBATE 60, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID, ROYAL ICING MIX: CONFECTIONERS' SUGAR (SUGAR, CORN STARCH), DRIED EGG WHITE, SALT, GUM ARABIC, CREAM OF TARTAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULPHATE, BLUE ICING POUCH: SUGAR, WATER, SHORTENING (PALM OIL, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), POLYSORBATE 60, CITRIC ACID, BLUE 1. RAINBOW CHIP CRUNCH: SUGAR, PALM OIL, DEXTROSE, DEXTRIN, COCOA POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, GUM ARABIC, CARNAUBA WAX, YELLOW 5, RED 40, RED 3, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1. ICING DECORATIONS: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WATER, CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, GUM ARABIC, CREAM OF TARTAR (STARCH, POTASSIUM BITARTRATE, CALCIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM DIHYDROGEN PYROPHOSPHATE, WHEY POWDER, LACTOSE), MALTODEXTRIN, GELATIN, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1 YELLOW 5, RED 40. BROWN ICING COLOR: CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, GLYCERIN, WATER, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, RED 40, AGAR, BLUE 1, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM CITRATE.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Starch, Shortening, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugars, Dextrose, Invert Sugar, Confectionary Sugar, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates, and Starch [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
36.0 servings per container
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