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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, Canola Oil (Expeller Pressed), and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains 23% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup, 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.
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 6 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 moderate 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.
Contains food additives of moderate concern
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: Canola Oil, Canola Oil (Expeller Pressed), and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring vitamin A [read more]
Contains 23% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup, Sugars, and Dextrose [read more]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
Product has been classified as having moderate processing concerns
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RANCH DRESSING (VEGETABLE OIL [CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL], NONFAT BUTTERMILK [WHEY, WATER, SKIM MILK POWDER, CORN STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CULTURE], WATER, EGG YOLK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED GARLIC, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, SKIM MILK POWDER BLEND [WHEY, SODIUM CASEINATE, SKIM MILK POWDER], DRIED ONION, DRIED GREEN ONION, GROUND MUSTARD), GREEN LEAF LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, RED CABBAGE, SAVOY CABBAGE, CHEDDAR CHEESE PRETZEL BITS (PRETZELS [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN), SALT, CORN SYRUP, SODIUM BICARBONATE, YEAST], CHEDDAR CHEESE SEASONING [DEXTROSE, CHEDDAR CHEESE ((PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, WHEY, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE), WHEY, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL TYPE FLAVOR, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA], EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL), CARROT, GREEN ONION, BEER & MUSTARD SEASONING (PROCESSED FROM: MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, PREPARED MUSTARD POWDER [DISTILLED VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC {COLOR]], DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, MUSTARD, DRIED BEER [FROM MALTED BARLEY, HOPS, YEAST], RICE FLOUR, EXTRACTIVE OF TURMERIC [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVORS, MUSTARD OIL, WITH NOT MORE THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED AS AN ANTI-CAKING AGENT).
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Canola Oil (Expeller Pressed), Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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