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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: Canola Oil and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains 31% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring iron [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: Milk Powder (Fat Free), Chicken, and Buttermilk [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 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.
Contains food additives of lower concern
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 31% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring iron [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 Powder (Fat Free), Chicken, and Buttermilk [read more]
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
EWG's Good Food On A Tight Budget
EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food
ICEBERG LETTUCE, BBQ RANCH DRESSING (NON FAT BUTTERMILK (WHEY, WATER, SKIM MILK POWDER, CORN STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CULTURE) , CANOLA OIL, TOMATO PASTE SUGAR, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, DRIED ONION, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVOR] SALT, EGG YOLK, BROWN SUGAR, MOLASSES, NATURAL FLAVOR, PAPRIKA, SPICES, MUSTARD FLOUR, XANTHAN GUM, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC EXTRACTS (COLOR]) , CABBAGE, KICKIN BBQ STYLE COATED CHICKEN (FULLY COOKED DEBONED CHICKEN WHITE MEAT, BBQ SEASONING (SUGAR, SALT, TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, RICE HULL CONCENTRATE, EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL AS A PROCESSING AID), CITRIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR]), BLACK BEANS (COOKED BLACK BEANS, WATER), CORN (FIRE ROASTED CORN) ROMAINE LETTUCE, TORTILLA STRIPS (WHITE CORN, YELLOW CORN, BLUE CORN, SUNFLOWER OIL OR CORN OIL, RED BEET POWDER, SEA SALT WATER, TRACE OF LIME), RED CABBAGE, CARROTS.
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.
Products remain in the Database for two years after their label information is recorded in stores, even when they have been discontinued (products may remain in stores and pantries long past the date they cease to be manufactured). EWG marks a product it is aware has been discontinued with a banner identifying it as such.
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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 Starch, Brown Sugar, Canola Oil, Sugars, Corn Oil, Corn, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), 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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