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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: Corn Oil [read more]
Contains 37% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar and Sugars [read more]
Contains 1 added fiber ingredient(s): Cellulose Powder [read more]
* Calculated based 100 grams & a single serving.
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.
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Chicken (Breast) and Cheese Culture [read more]
This product has 4 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 moderate 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.
Contains food additives of lower concern
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Corn Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 37% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Brown Sugar and Sugars [read more]
Product has been classified as having moderate processing concerns
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Chicken (Breast) and Cheese Culture [read more]
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ROMAINE LETTUCE, AVOCADO CILANTRO DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, AVOCADO, WHITE WINE VINEGAR, CILANTRO, EGG YOLKS, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, PEPITAS, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, SPICES, MUSTARD SEED, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, LACTIC ACID, DEHYDRATED ONION, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPER, DEHYDRATED GREEN JALAPENO PEPPER, ASCORBIC ACID [FOR COLOR RETENTION], CITRIC ACID), GRILLED CHILI LIME SEASONED CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, LESS THAN 2% BROWN SUGAR, SALT, RICE STARCH, SPICES [INCLUDING PAPRIKA], VINEGAR, CHILI PEPPER, NATURAL FLAVOR, LIME OIL), QUESO FRESCO CHEESE (QUESO FRESCO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [MOLD INHIBITOR]), ROASTED CORN, COOKED BLACK BEANS, TORTILLA STRIPS (STONE GROUND WHITE, YELLOW AND BLUE CORN MASA FLOUR, SUNFLOWER AND/OR CORN OIL, SEA SALT, BEET JUICE CONCENTRATE [COLOR]).
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.
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Environmental Impact: Contains beans or lentils, which have the lowest carbon footprint of any protein source. [read more]
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: Corn Flour, Brown Sugar, Sugars, Corn Oil, Corn, Xanthan Gum, Lactic Acid, and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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