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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, Canola Oil, Propylene Glycol Esters of Fatty Acids, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 40% sugar by weight and contains 6 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [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 10 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, RED 40 LAKE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, RED 3, FD&C COLORS RED#3 LAKE, BLUE 1, BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6 LAKE, and TBHQ
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Milk (Fat Free), Cheese (Cream Cheese), Egg, Cream, Milk Powder, Butter, and Cheese Culture [read more]
This product has 21 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 10 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, RED 40 LAKE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, RED 3, FD&C COLORS RED#3 LAKE, BLUE 1, BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6 LAKE, and TBHQ
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Propylene Glycol Esters of Fatty Acids, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 40% sugar by weight and contains 6 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [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
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Milk (Fat Free), Cheese (Cream Cheese), Egg, Cream, Milk Powder, Butter, and Cheese Culture [read more]
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
EWG's Good Food On A Tight Budget
EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food
RED VELVET: RED VELVET CAKE (SUGAR, ENRICHED FLOUR BLEACHED (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), EGG WHITE, CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), EGG YOLK WITH SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, DEXTROSE, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SALT, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, NONFAT MILK, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM ACETATE, GUAR GUM, RED 40, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY FLOUR), WATER, CANOLA OIL, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHITE SPRINKLES (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, DEXTRIN, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARNAUBA WAX), COTTON CANDY: CRÃME CAKE (SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DEXTROSE, CORNSTARCH, EGGS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY FLOUR), EGG (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, WHOLE MILK POWDER, COTTON CANDY CRUNCH (SUGAR, PALM OIL, CORN SYRUP, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BLUE 1, RED 3, RED 40 LAKE), COOKIES & CREAM: CHOCOLATE CRÃME CAKE (SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR BLEACHED (FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CANOLA OIL, WHEY, 2% OF LESS OF: ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, EGGS, LEAVENING (ALUMINUM SULFATE, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, RED 40, SALT, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SULFITES, VITAMIN WHEAT GLUTEN), EGGS (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, COOKIE MEAL (SUGAR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL (TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS), COCOA (WITH ALKALI), INVERT SUGAR, 2% OR LESS OF: DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, CHOCOLATE, SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY), WHOLE MILK POWDER, COOKIE PIECES (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, PALM AND/OR CANOLA OIL, COCOA (WITH ALKALI), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CORNSTARCH, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), CHOCOLATE), BIRTHDAY CAKE: CRÃME CAKE (SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DEXTROSE, CORNSTARCH, EGGS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY FLOUR), EGGS (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, WHOLE MILK POWDER, RAINBOW SPRINKLES (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, CORNSTARCH, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, FD&C COLORS (YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, RED 3 DYE), MALTODEXTRIN, CARNAUBA WAX, VANILLIN, CELLULOSE GUM)
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Flour, Corn Starch, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Invert Sugar, Confectionary Sugar, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, milk, soybean or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
6.0 servings per container
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