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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 [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 103% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
* Calculated based on a serving, not per 100 grams.
* 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.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite and YELLOW 5
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 14 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]
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains food additives of higher concern
Contains 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite and YELLOW 5
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: Canola Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 103% 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]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED BEEF PATTY CRUMBLES (BEEF, WATER, TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SPICES, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), HALF AND HALF (MILK, CREAM), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORING), CHEDDAR CLUB CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR]), LESS THAN 2% OF DILL RELISH (PICKLES, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, POLYSORBATE 80, SODIUM BENZOATE, FD&C YELLOW #5), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CANOLA OIL, CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM), VINEGAR, SALT, RENDERED BACON FAT (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMOKE FLAVORING, DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM DIACETATE, FLAVORING, HONEY), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SEARED BEEF FLAVOR (NATURAL FLAVOR [CONTAINS CANOLA OIL], BEEF STOCK, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, GRILL FLAVOR [CONTAINS SUNFLOWER OIL], SILICONE DIOXIDE), XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO (COLOR), GRANULATED ONION, SPICE.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Brown Sugar, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, and Xanthan Gum [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains beef, which has a high carbon footprint relative to other protein sources. [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, milk, soybean or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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