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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: Vegetable Shortening (Palm) [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 29% sugar by weight and contains 9 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]
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
This product has 3 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.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains food additives of lower concern
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Contains ingredients known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Vegetable Shortening (Palm) [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 29% sugar by weight and contains 9 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]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
EWG's Good Food On A Tight Budget
EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food
CAKE: SUGAR, SOUR CREAM SUBSTITUTE (DAIRY FREE BASE (WATER, ORGANIC BUTTER BEANS, ORGANIC OATS), VEGETABLE OIL BLEND (COCONUT AND SAFFLOWER), GUM ARABIC, KONJAC ROOT POWDER, SEA SALT, CULTURED DEXTROSE, CALCIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC AND LACTIC (VEGAN) ACID, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN), BTW FLOUR MIX (WHITE RICE FLOUR, BROWN RICE FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, SORGHUM FLOUR, TAPIOCA FLOUR, XANTHAN GUM), EGGS, CANOLA OIL, COCOA POWDER, BAKING POWDER, VANILLA EXTRACT, SALT. BASE FILLING: SUGAR, PALM OIL SHORTENING, EGG WHITES, BUTTER SUBSTITUTE (EXPELLER-PRESSED ORGANIC OIL BLEND (COCONUT, HI-OLEIC SUNFLOWER, PALM FRUIT) WATER, SEA SALT, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, TOCOPHEROLS, NATURAL FLAVOR, ORGANIC ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR), VANILLA EXTRACT, SALT. VANILLA FILLING: BASE FILLING, ORGANIC MARSHMALLOW CREME (TAPIOCA SYRUP, CANE SUGAR, NATURAL SPRING WATER, DRIED EGG WHITES, VANILLA EXTRACT), MARSHMALLOW EXTRACT. RASPBERRY FILLING: BASE FILLING, CONFECTIONERS SUGAR (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH), BUTTER SUBSTITUTE (VEGETABLE OIL BLEND (PALM FRUIT, CANOLA, AND OLIVE OILS), WATER, SALT, LESS THAN 2% NATURAL FLAVOR, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, LACTIC ACID, ANNATTO EXTRACT), PALM OIL SHORTENING, RASPBERRIES, LEMON JUICE, VANILLA EXTRACT. CHOCOLATE FILLING: BASE FILLING, CONFECTIONERS SUGAR (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH), BUTTER SUBSTITUTE (VEGETABLE OIL BLEND (PALM FRUIT, CANOLA, AND OLIVE OILS), WATER, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL FLAVOR, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, LACTIC ACID (NON-DAIRY), ANNATO EXTRACT (COLOR)), COCONUT CREAM, COCOA POWDER (COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), PALM OIL SHORTENING, VANILLA EXTRACT
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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 Starch, Canola Oil, Sugars, Confectionary Sugar, Xanthan Gum, Lactic Acid, and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from tree nut, milk or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
6.0 servings per container
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