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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: Safflower Oil, Canola Oil, and Canola [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Malt Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugars, and Molasses [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 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: BHT and TBHQ
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]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
This product has 10 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 higher concern
Contains 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: BHT and TBHQ
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 that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Safflower Oil, Canola Oil, and Canola [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Malt Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugars, and Molasses [read more]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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CRACKER (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN MONONITRATE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), FOLIC ACID], SOYBEAN OIL [WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, LEAVENING [SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE], HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, PAPRIKA EXTRACT COLOR, TURMERIC EXTRACT COLOR, ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SOY LECITHIN), CHEESE FLAVORED RICE BALLS (WHITE RICE FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL [CANOLA, RICE, SAFFLOWER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, GARLIC POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, BLUE CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], LACTIC ACID), SEASONED PRETZELS (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN MONONITRATE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), FOLIC ACID], CANOLA OIL, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, LACTIC ACID, WHEY, CITRIC ACID, YEAST, SALT, BAKING SODA, SUGAR, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], NATURAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BUTTERMILK, MALT SYRUP, PAPRIKA EXTRACT COLOR, ROSEMARY EXTRACT FOR FRESHNESS), CORN SQUARES (CORN MEAL, SUGAR, MOLASSES, BAKING SODA, BHT FOR FRESHNESS).
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.
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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, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Starch (Corn), Lecithin (Soy), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, and Canola [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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