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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: Distilled Monoglycerides, Palm Oil, Cottonseed, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 21% sugar by weight and contains 13 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 22% 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 4 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, 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 synthetic food dyes [read more]
This product has 11 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 4 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, 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: Distilled Monoglycerides, Palm Oil, Cottonseed, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 21% sugar by weight and contains 13 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [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 22% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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TRES LECHES CAKE (SKIM MILK, WATER, SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR WITH ADDED ZING (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON AS FERROUS SULFATE, ZING OXIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, ENZYME, ASCORBIC ACID ADDED AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER). EGGS, EGG YOLKS, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: PALM KERNEL OIL, PALM OIL, LEAVENING (CALCIUM CARBONATE, BAKING SODA, ALUMINUM SODIUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, SALT, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, MODIFIED GORNSTARCH, POLYSORBATE 60, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, FUMARIC ACID, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS (POTASSIUM SORBATE, TBHQ, CITRIC AGID), CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN, XANTHAN GUM, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6. RED 40), COLORED WITH BETA CAROTENE), VANILLA BETTERCREME (HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (PALM, PALM KERNEL, COCONUT AND/ OR COTTONSEED), WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVEL(NOT A SOURCE OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE) (NOT A SOURCE OF LACTOSE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR SUGAR, POLYSORBATE 80, CARBOHYDRATE GUM, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS (POTASSIUM SORBATE), POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, XANTHAN GUM), KIWI, PINEAPPLE CHUNKS IN JUICE (CHUNK PINEAPPLE, PINEAPPLE JUICE, CITRIC ACID), STRAWBERRIES, FRUIT GLAZE (WATER, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING, CITRIC ACID, SALT. PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE))
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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, Cottonseed, Sugars, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), Citric Acid, and Starch [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from tree nut, wheat, milk or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
2.0 servings per container
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