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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: Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Contains 57% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, and Sugars [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: Sodium Nitrite
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
Contains 1 ingredient(s) associated with cancer: Sodium Nitrite
This product has 11 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 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Contains 57% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Contains 1 ingredient(s) associated with cancer: Sodium Nitrite
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, and Sugars [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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CRUST (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, ENZYME], WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING YEAST, CULTURED WHEY, WHEY, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONER [WHEAT FLOUR, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES]), CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, CHICKEN BROTH, SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SEASONING [POTASSIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM DIACETATE, VEGETABLE OIL], SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL FLAVOR), RANCH SAUCE (WATER, RANCH SAUCE SEASONING [CREAMER {SUNFLOWER OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, 2% OR LESS OF TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, TOCOPHEROLS ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR}, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, SUGAR, CULTURED BUTTERMILK, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, LESS THAN 2% OF SPICES, CITRIC ACID, LACTICACID, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS]), LOW MOISTURE WHOLEMILK MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BACON (BACON CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SUGAR, SMOKE FLAVORING, SODIUM PHOSPHATE. MAY CONTAIN BROWN SUGAR), YELLOW CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), CHILI POWDER SEASONING (CHILI PEPPER, CUMIN, PAPRIKA, SALT, OREGANO AND OTHER SPICES, EXTRACTIVES OF GARLIC), GRANULATED GARLIC.
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Environmental Impact: Contains chicken, which has a lower carbon footprint compared to other meats. [read more]
This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), Lactic Acid, Potassium Citrate, and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains pork, which has a higher carbon footprint relative to chicken, eggs and plant proteins.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
4.0 servings per container
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