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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 44% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Sugars, Dextrose, and Malt Powder [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.
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite
Contains 1 ingredient(s) associated with cancer: Sodium Nitrite
This product has 5 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 higher concern
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite
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 44% 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
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Sugars, Dextrose, and Malt Powder [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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ROMAINE LETTUCE, RANCH DRESSING (CANOLA OIL, NON-FAT BUTTERMILK [WHEY, WATER, SKIM MILK POWDER, CORN STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CULTURE], WATER, NON-FAT SOUR CREAM [CULTURED SKIM MILK, CORN STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM], EGG YOLK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, DRIED GARLIC, SUGAR, DRIED CARROT, DRIED ONION, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DRIED GREEN ONION, LACTIC ACID, SEASONING BLEND [DEXTROSE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH], GUAR GUM), SEASONED CHICKEN RAISED WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS (CHICKEN [BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, POTATO STARCH, VINEGAR, SALT], SOYBEAN OIL, SPICES, PAPRIKA, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED ONION, SEA SALT), TOMATOES, BACON BITS (PORK, WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, MAY CONTAIN: SUGAR), SEA SALT BAGEL CHIPS (WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, SUGAR, MALT POWDER [BARLEY MALT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, WHEAT FLOUR], SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID).
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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, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), and Lactic Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains pork, which has a higher carbon footprint relative to chicken, eggs and plant proteins.
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
4.0 servings per container
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