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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: Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains 59% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [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 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite and BHT
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
Contains 1 ingredient(s) associated with cancer: Sodium Nitrite
This product has 12 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
Contains 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite and BHT
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 59% 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
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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MEAT PATTY AND CHEESE SAUCE: MEAT PATTY (MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, PORK, BEEF, BREAD CRUMBS [ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR {BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID}, DURUM FLOUR, LEAVENING {SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE}, YEAST], TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN [SOY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR], SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LESS THAN 2% OF: DRIED ONION, SALT, FLAVORINGS, CARAMEL COLOR, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATES, DEXTROSE, POTASSIUM SALT, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE WITH BACON (WATER, CHEDDAR CLUB CHEESE [PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO {COLOR}], MODIFIED WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, BACON [CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MAY CONTAIN: SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, AND/OR SMOKE FLAVOR], CHEESE FLAVOR [WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE {MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYME}, SUNFLOWER OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE {MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID], SUGAR, POTASSIUM CITRATE, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID, SUNFLOWER OIL, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR]) MASHED POTATOES: REHYDRATED POTATO FLAKES AND GRANULES (WATER, POTATOES, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM DIHYDROGEN PYROPHOSPHATE, BHT, SODIUM BISULFITE), MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM BENZOATE, SOY LECITHIN, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], VITAMIN D3, NATURAL FLAVOR), CREAM, SOYBEAN OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, FLAVORING. CORN: CORN, WATER, SUGAR, SALT.
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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: Brown Sugar, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Textured Vegetable Protein, Corn, Maltodextrin, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), Lactic Acid, Potassium Citrate, and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains beef, which has a high carbon footprint relative to other protein sources. [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains pork, which has a higher carbon footprint relative to chicken, eggs and plant proteins.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, milk or soybean - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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