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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: Shortening [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 18% sugar by weight and contains 4 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [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]
Antibiotics were likely used in production of the dairy ingredients in this product [read more]
Hormones may have been used in production of dairy ingredients [read more]
This product has 6 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 higher concern
Antibiotics were likely used in production of the dairy ingredients in this product [read more]
Hormones may have been used in production of dairy ingredients [read more]
Contains ingredients known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Shortening [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 18% sugar by weight and contains 4 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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MILK, CREAM, NONFAT MILK, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WHEY, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), GUAR GUM, MONO & DIGLYCERICES, CALCIUM SULFATE, POLYSORBATE 80, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GUM., MILK, SUGAR, WATER, CHOCOLATE, LIQUID WHOLE EGG, FLOUR, CREAM CHEESE SPREAD, WHITE CHOCOLATE, MARGARINE (MODIFIED PALM AND PALM KERNEL OILS, CANOLA OIL), COCOA, SHORTENING PREPARATION (MODIFIED PALM OIL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES. SOY LECITHIN), ICING SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, DRY ALBUMEN, CORN SYRUP. MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CHOCOLATV COATING, WHITE CHOCOLATV COATING, COLOR, BAKING SODA, BAKING POWDER, COOKING AND FANCY MOLASSES. SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALGINATE, SOY LECITHIN, FLAVOR, CELLULOSE GUM, XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GEL) PEARLS (COATING [CHOCOLATE WHITE CONFECTIONER'S COATING, GLUCOSE, SUGAR, ACACIA, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, COCONUT OIL) BEADS [FLOUR, SUGAR, WHEAT MALT FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, BAKING SODA, SALT, COCOA BUTTER, FLAVOUR} DARK AND WHITE CHOCOLATES (SUGAR, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA MASS, SOY LECITHIN, FLAVOUR). WHIPPED CREAM (CREAM, MILK, SUGAR SODIUM ALGINATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE. FLAVOUR AND/ COCOA, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED MANIOC STARCH, CARRAGEEN, CELLULOSE GUM 80) CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, EGG, WHEAT MAY CONTAIN: SESAME, PEANUT, OR CELLULOSE GEL AND/OR MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES AND/OR POLYSORBATE TREE NUTS, SULFITES, TRITICALE, BARLEY, OATS RYE, (GLYCERIN, WATER, ALCOHOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, CARAMEL COLOR).
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Shortening, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soybean, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Icing Sugar, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), and Glucose [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, milk, egg, peanut, soybean or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
3.0 servings per container
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