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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 a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 125% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [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]
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: YELLOW 6
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
This product has 10 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
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: YELLOW 6
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 125% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [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
FULLY COOKED BUFFALO STYLE BREADED CHICKEN BREAST PATTY WITH RIB MEAT: CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ZINC OXIDE, NIACINAMIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, COPPER GLUCONATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {B1}, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE {B6}, RIBOFLAVIN {B2}, AND CYANOCOBALAMIN {B12}), SEASONING [MALTODEXTRIN, DRY VINEGAR FLAVOR (SODIUM DIACETATE, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM CITRATE, GLUCONO DELTA-LACTONE, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, HOT SAUCE POWDER (CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE {AGED CAYENNE PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC POWDER}, MALTODEXTRIN), NATURAL FLAVOR {TRIACETIN, BUTTER ACIDS, FLAVORING, BUTTER ESTHERS}, CITRIC ACID, VINEGAR SOLIDS], VINEGAR POWDER, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, BREADED AND BATTERED WITH: BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, SPICES, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, VINEGAR SOLIDS, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, YEAST, HOT SAUCE (CAYENNE PEPPER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), RED PEPPER, VINEGAR, YELLOW 6, STARTER DISTILLATE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), CITRIC ACID, SET IN VEGETABLE OIL, JUMBO BUN: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, ENZYME, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: ASCORBIC ACID, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES, MONOGLYCERIDES (WITH ASCORBIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANT] AND CITRIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANT]), SALT, WHEAT STARCH, YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE: MILK, WATER, CREAM, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID, BUFFALO STYLE SAUCE WITH BUTTER FLAVOR: BUFFALO SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, SALT, WATER, CANOLA OIL, PAPRIKA, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL BUTTER TYPE FLAVOR AND GARLIC POWDER), WATER, BUTTER SAUCE (MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, WHEY SOLIDS, NON-FAT DRY MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, BUTTER, SUGAR, BUTTERMILK POWDER, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, TURMERIC, ANNATTO {FOR COLOR}), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GELATIN
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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 Flour, Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Textured Vegetable Protein, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Lecithin (Soy), Lactic Acid, Potassium Citrate, Citric Acid, and Sodium Citrates [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk and wheat - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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