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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 [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 51% sugar by weight and contains 10 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [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]
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [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 7 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 lower concern
Contains 3 of EWG's top food additives of concern: BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, and YELLOW 6
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains ingredients known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Vegetable Shortening [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 51% sugar by weight and contains 10 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains synthetic food dyes [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
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EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food
CARAMEL CAKE - SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM AND SOYBEAN OILS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, ALSO CONTAINS: EGG WHITES, CARAMEL FLAVORED CONFECTIONARY SPREAD (CORN SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK [CONDENSED MILK, SUGAR], WATER, PALM OIL, CREAM, GLYCERIN, PECTIN, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS [POTASSIUM SORBATE]), SKIM MILK, MOLASSES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, PALM KERNEL AND PALM OIL, WHEAT STARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, DEXTROSE, WHEY, CORN SYRUP, REDUCED MINERALS WHEY POWDER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES SODIUM CASEINATE, GUAR GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM STEROYL LACTYLATE, CITRIC ACID, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS (POTASSIUM SORBATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE), ASCORBIC ACID, RED VELVET CAKE - SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM AND SOYBEAN OILS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, ALSO CONTAINS: CREAM CHEESE (MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO EXTRACT, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS [CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), BUTTERMILK, SKIM MILK, EGG WHITES, COCOA ALKALI PROCESSED, WHEY, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, ALUMINUM SULFATE), SODIUM CASEINATE, GUAR GUM, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40), POLYSORBATE 60, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, CHOCOLATE CAKE - SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM AND SOYBEAN OILS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, ALSO CONTAINS: EGG WHITES, COCOA ALKALI PROCESSED, WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), SKIM MILK, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT), HEAVY CREAM (CREAM, MILK, NONFAT MILK, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GUM, MONOGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 80, SALT, GUAR GUM), PALM AND PALM KERNEL OILS, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, WHEY, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, MILK, SODIUM CASEINATE, POLYSORBATE 60, WHEAT STARCH, CORN SYRUP, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS (POTASSIUM SORBATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL), CARROT CAKE - SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM AND SOYBEAN OILS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, ALSO CONTAINS: CARROTS, CREAM CHEESE (MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO EXTRACT, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS [CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), CRUSHED PINEAPPLE, INVERT SUGAR, CINNAMON, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1)
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugars, Invert Sugar, Vegetable Shortening, Modified Starch (Corn), Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, and Lecithin (Soy) [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, milk or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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