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Golden Krust Jamaican Style Plant Based Protein Turnover Spicy Patties

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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 Overall Score Breakdown


EWG scored on three factors: nutrition, ingredient concerns, and the degree of processing. Read the full scoring methodology.

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Nutrition Concern Details

Level

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 (Palm) [read more]

Contains 47% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]

Per gram, high in protein [read more]

The nutrition factors used for scoring Golden Krust Jamaican Style Plant Based Protein Turnover Spicy Patties
Positive factors
Fruit, vegetable, bean or nut content
Protein content
Fiber content
Omega-3 fatty acids
Negative factors
Calorie density
Sugar/low-calorie sweetener content
Sodium content
Saturated fat content
Trans fat content

Ingredient Concern Details

Level

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]

Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]

This product has 6 ingredients with concerns as well as some contamination concerns:

Processing Concern Details

Level

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.

EWG's Top Findings

This product is not certified organic [read more]

This product is not certified organic

Products bearing the USDA certified organic seal must contain at least 95 percent organic ingredient, and must be produced without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers and free of genetically engineered ingredients.

Contains food additives of lower concern

Contains ingredients known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Vegetable Shortening (Palm) [read more]

Contains ingredients known to be a source of un...

Artificial trans fats are produced when vegetable oils are subject to extreme temperatures or pressures to solidify the fat and increase shelf life, flavor stability and palatability (FDA 2013). These modifications benefit the manufacturer but are detrimental to the consumer's health. Health experts at the Institute of Medicine recommend "that trans fatty acid consumption be as low as possible" (IOM 2005). The CDC estimates that eliminating artificial trans fats could prevent up to 20,000 heart attacks and up to 7,000 deaths each year (Dietz 2012). In 2013, the FDA made a tentative determination that trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils (the primary dietary source) should no longer be generally recognized as safe (FDA 2013). Some trans fats do occur naturally in meat and dairy products. These natural trans fats may be of lower concern; some studies have found them to be beneficial, while others have found their effects to be neutral (Chardigny 2008; Mozaffarian 2009; Wang 2013).

Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]

Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor"

Added "flavors" are secret and often complex mixtures of chemicals that modify and manipulate the taste and smell of food. The lack of disclosure is a public right to know issue and especially concerning to people with unusual food allergies or on restricted diets.

Contains 47% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]

Contains 47% of the Institute of Medicine's dai...

This product contains a high percentage of the Institute of Medicine's recommended adequate intake for sodium of 1500 mg a day (IOM 2005). This value is much lower than what the FDA requires be listed on food labels -- 2400 mg. Americans average 3,400 mg of sodium a day. Most of this sodium comes from processed foods where sodium is added to mask the lack of freshness by enhancing the flavor, texture or palatability and extending shelf-life (IOM 2010). Many of these uses are for the manufacturers benefit and not the consumer's health as excess sodium intake is linked to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and kidney disease (IOM 2010).

Per gram, high in protein [read more]

Per gram, high in protein

Protein is a source of amino acids that are required for the proper growth, maintenance and repair of tissues. It also provides the building blocks for important enzymes and hormones. Protein provides calories and if eaten in excess will be stored as fat. Protein is found in high amounts in beans, nuts, eggs, seafood and meat. Protein is essential to health, but eating too much also carries an environmental and health cost. Learn more: http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/

Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]

Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic

Rice plant naturally takes up arsenic from the water in the soil. The concentration of arsenic in this product will depend on the amount of rice-based ingredient used. http://www.ewg.org/foodscores/content/arsenic-contamination-in-rice

Product has been classified as having high processing concerns

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Ingredient List

From the Package

FILLING INGREDIENTS: BEYOND MEAT (WATER, PEA PROTEIN*, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, REFINED COCONUT OIL, RICE PROTEIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, DRIED YEAST, COCOA BUTTER, METHYLCELLULOSE, CONTAIN 1% OR LESS OF: POTATO STARCH, SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, BEET POWDER COLOR, APPLE EXTRACT, POMEGRANATE CONCENTRATE, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, VINEGAR, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, VITAMINS AND MINERALS (ZINC SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE [VITAMIN B3] PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], CYANOCOBALAMIN [VITAMIN B12], CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE), WATER, BREADCRUMBS (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, YEAST, SEA SALT), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SEASONING (SALT, EVAPORATED CANE JUICE, DEXTROSE, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED ONION, CORN STARCH, PAPRIKA, YEAST EXTRACT, CELERY, TURMERIC, NATURAL FLAVOR AND NOT MORE THAN 2% SUNFLOWER OIL ADDED AS A PROCESSING AID), THYME, HOT PEPPER, ONION, SHORTENING (PALM OIL), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, CRUST INGREDIENTS: WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR [NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, SHORTENING (PALM OIL), SUGAR, ANNATTO TURMERIC LIQUID (EXTRACTIVE OF ANNATTO AND TURMERIC, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, POLYSORBATE 80), SEA SALT

*Older Product

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*Discontinued Product

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Certified free of genetically engineered ingredients [read more]

Certified free of genetically engineered ingred...

This product is certified or advertises itself to be free of ingredients that were genetically engineered or derived from genetically engineered crops. For more information on the topic visit: http://www.ewg.org/research/shoppers-guide-to-avoiding-ge-food Note: The presence or absence of genetically engineered ingredients does not affect the score of a product.

Contains ingredients derived from wheat - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]

Contains ingredients derived from wheat - these...

While over 160 food ingredients may cause allergic reactions current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations stipulate that 8 major food allergens must be labeled on products. These allergens include; milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. Note: The presence of potential allergens does not affect the overall product score.

Nutrition Facts

2.0 servings per container

Serving Size

1 piece (5oz/142g)

Amount Per 142.0 g
Calories
380
% Daily Value (based on a 2,000 calorie diet and adult bodyweight)
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QUICK FACTS:

15.0 15.0 % Total Fat 12 g
21.0 21.0 % Total Carbs 58 g
Sugars 7 g
% Protein 13 g

AVOID TOO MUCH:

25.0 25.0 % Saturated Fat 5 g
Trans Fat 0.0g
0.0 0.0 % Cholesterol 0 mg
31.0 31.0 % Sodium 710 mg
Added Sugar Ingredients: Sugars, Dextrose, Cane Sugar (Organic), and EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR

NUTRIENTS:

11.0 11.0 % Dietary Fiber 3 g
Vitamin D (no value on present label)
2.0 2.0 % Calcium
25.0 25.0 % Iron
4.0 4.0 % Potassium 180 mg

† Institute of Medicine. 2010. "Dietary Reference Intakes Tables and Application." Accessed April 8, 2014: link

 

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