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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: Vegetable Shortening (Palm) [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Contains 53% 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 Nitrate
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 Nitrate
This product has 9 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 moderate concern
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrate
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 known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Vegetable Shortening (Palm) [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Contains 53% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Contains 1 ingredient(s) associated with cancer: Sodium Nitrate
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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CHEESE STUFFED CRUST (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE WITH MODIFIED FOOD STARCH [PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES}, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, METHYLCELLULOSE], CANOLA OIL, BREADCRUMBS [ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR {WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID} SUGAR, YEAST, SALT], PALM OIL SHORTENING [MODIFIED PALM OIL, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, BETA-CAROTENE], YEAST, SUGAR, SALT), RANCH SAUCE (WATER, RANCH SEASONING [NONFAT DRY MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, BUTTERMILK POWDER, CREAM POWDER {COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES}, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, ONION POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, GARLIC POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, PARSLEY, SPICE]), LOW-MOISTURE WHOLE MILK MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SEASONED CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT (BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN PRODUCT [ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, UNMODIFIED CORN STARCH, CARRAGEENAN WITH LESS THAN 2% SOY LECITHIN SEASONING [POTASSIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM DIACETATE, VEGETABLE OIL], SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CARRAGEENAN), BACON (CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRATE, MAY CONTAIN LESS THAN 2% OF SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES. FLAVORINGS, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVORING), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, RENNET), ROMANO CHEESE MADE WITH COW'S MILK (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, RENNET), ASIAGO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, RENNET) GRANULATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY.
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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: Corn Starch, Soy Protein Isolate, Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), 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 milk, soybean, wheat or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
5.0 servings per container
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