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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 51% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Excellent 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.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
This product has 5 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
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 51% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring iron [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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BLACK BEANS (BLACK BEANS, WATER, SALT), SPANISH STYLE RICE ALTERNATIVE (PRECOOKED CHICKPEA PASTA [WATER, CHICKPEA FLOUR], PRECOOKED LENTIL PASTA [WATER, LENTIL FLOUR], SAUCE [EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, CHILI POWDER {CHILI PEPPERS, PAPRIKA, SALT, GARLIC}, VEGETABLE BROTH POWDER {SALT, VEGETABLE MIX (ONION, POTATO FLAKES, CARROT, LEEK, TOMATO, GARLIC, CELERY), YEAST EXTRACT, PARSLEY, SUNFLOWER OIL, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA}, LEMON JUICE, NATURAL FLAVOR, OREGANO, SALT, BLACK PEPPER], WHITE ONION, PRECOOKED RED PEPPER, TOMATOES, CILANTRO), CORN AND ALMOND TORTILLA (WATER, CORN FLOUR (HYDRATED LIME), ALMOND FLOUR), VEGETABLE STOCK (WATER, ORGANIC CARROTS, ORGANIC CELERY, ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC LEEKS, TOMATO PUREE [ORGANIC TOMATOES, SEA SALT], ORGANIC MUSHROOMS, ORGANIC GARLIC, ORGANIC SPICES, SEA SALT), TOMATOES (TOMATOES, SALT, CITRIC ACID), MOZZARELLA ALTERNATIVE (FILTERED WATER, COCONUT OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH [POTATO & CORN], CORN STARCH, SEA SALT, MOZZARELLA FLAVOR [VEGAN SOURCES], OLIVE EXTRACT, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], VITAMIN B12), ROASTED GREEN CHILE PEPPERS, ROASTED RED PEPPERS, CHEDDAR ALTERNATIVE (FILTERED WATER, COCONUT OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH [POTATO & CORN], CORN STARCH, SEA SALT, CHEDDAR FLAVOR [VEGAN SOURCES], OLIVE EXTRACT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT & BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], VITAMIN B12), OLIVE OIL, CHILE POWDER, ORGANIC COCONUT PALM SUGAR, CASSAVA FLOUR, SPICES, ONION POWDER, NUTRITIONAL YEAST (DRIED YEAST, NIACIN [VITAMIN B3], PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B1], FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12), SALT, GARLIC POWDER.
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Environmental Impact: Contains beans or lentils, which have the lowest carbon footprint of any protein source. [read more]
This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Corn, Modified Food Starch, and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk, tree nut, egg, soybean or wheat - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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