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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, Corn Oil, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Contains 78% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Contains 1 added fiber ingredient(s): Carrot Fiber [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]
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
This product has 10 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 moderate concern
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [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, Corn Oil, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring vitamin A [read more]
Excellent source of naturally occurring calcium [read more]
Contains 78% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED GRILL MARKED WHITE MEAT CHICKEN STRIPS (WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, WATER, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED RICE STARCH, CHICKEN FLAVOR [DEHYDRATED CHICKEN BROTH, CHICKEN POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT), REDUCED FAT CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, SKIM MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, FLAVORS*, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE*, ANNATTO, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR CHEDDAR CHEESE), CREAM CHEESE (CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), BUFFALO STYLE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, CAYENNE PEPPERS, SALT, WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CANOLA OIL, PAPRIKA, CARROT FIBER, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, AND GARLIC POWDER), 2% OR LESS OF SEASONING (SALT, BREAD CRUMBS [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, YEAST, SALT], CORN MALTODEXTRIN, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, TOMATO POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, WHITE VINEGAR POWDER, PEPPER SEASONING [RED PEPPERS, VINEGAR, SALT], SPICES, SODIUM DIACETATE, GUM ACACIA, JALAPENO PEPPER, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORING, CITRIC ACID, HOT SAUCE [AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPER, VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC]), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CORN OIL), PAPRIKA, SUGAR, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, YEAST, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, SKIM MILK, FLAVORING (MALTODEXTRIN, GUM ARABIC, NATURAL FLAVOR [CONTAINS BARLEY]), BUTTERMILK POWDER, WHEY, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES [WHEAT]), CREAMER (COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [MILK], MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN), BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, AMYLASE, ASCORBIC ACID, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTODEXTRIN, FLAVORING (YEAST EXTRACT, SALT), METHYLCELLULOSE, DRIED ONIONS, BUTTER FLAVOR (WHEY, ENZYME MODIFIED BUTTER OIL & DEHYDRATED BUTTER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, GUAR GUM, ANNATTO & TURMERIC COLOR), XANTHAN GUM, SPICE, DRIED EGG YOLKS, SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES.
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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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: Soy Protein Isolate, Corn Syrup Solids, Maltodextrin (Maize), Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch (Corn), Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from milk, wheat, soybean or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
2.0 servings per container
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