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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 and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains 25% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Dextrose [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.
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 3, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Cheese (Cheddar), Cream (Sour Cream), Cream, Cheese (Parmesan), and Cheese Culture [read more]
This product has 14 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.
No ingredient concerns identified for this product [read more]
Contains food additives of higher concern
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 3, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 25% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Dextrose [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Cheese (Cheddar), Cream (Sour Cream), Cream, Cheese (Parmesan), and Cheese Culture [read more]
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticide in Produce
EWG's Good Food On A Tight Budget
IDAHO® POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COCONUT, SOYBEAN, SUNFLOWER, COTTONSEED, CANOLA), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, FOUR CHEESE BLEND (CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND [WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, CANOLA OIL, CHEDDAR AND BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (YELLOW NO. 6 AND YELLOW NO. 5)], ROMANO AND PARMESAN CHEESES [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE]), SUGAR, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR, RED 3), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING SMOKE FLAVOR), NONFAT DRY MILK, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ONION POWDER, WHEY, SOUR CREAM (CREAM, NONFAT DRY MILK, CULTURES), CALCIUM STEARATE, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SPICE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), SODIUM BISULFITE (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), L-GLUTAMIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED AS AN ANTICAKING AGENT
Products remain in the database for two years after their label information is recorded in stores. A product with label information last recorded more than a year ago is marked with an * identifying it as an older product.
Products remain in the Database for two years after their label information is recorded in stores, even when they have been discontinued (products may remain in stores and pantries long past the date they cease to be manufactured). EWG marks a product it is aware has been discontinued with a banner identifying it as such.
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Eating fresh fruits and vegetables is an essential part of a healthy diet [read more]
This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Vegetable Oil, Textured Vegetable Protein, Maltodextrin, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), Lactic Acid, and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk, soybean or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
4.0 servings per container
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