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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 known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Shortening [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 35% sugar by weight and contains 16 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring iron [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 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]
This product has 9 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 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 known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Shortening [read more]
EWG calculates that this product is 35% sugar by weight and contains 16 teaspoons of added and natural sugar per serving [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring iron [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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GANACHE (DARK CHOCOLATE 44% [SUGAR, CACAO KERNEL, CACAO BUTTER, DEXTROSE, EMULSIFIER {SOYA LECITHIN}], WHIPPING CREAM [HEAVY CREAM {MILK}, ORGANIC GUAR GUM], LIGHT CORN SYRUP [CORN SYRUP, SALT, VANILLA EXTRACT {VANILLA BEANS, WATER, ETHYL ALCOHOL}], SALTED BUTTER [PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT]), CAKE (SUGAR, PASTEURIZED WHOLE EGGS, SUGARED EGG YOLKS [EGG YOLKS, SUGAR], CAKE FLOUR [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR], CAKE SHORTENING [SOYBEAN OLL, GLYCERYL-LACTO ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, VEGETABLE MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, TBHQ {TO PROTECT FLAVOR}], WHOLE MILK [MILK, VITAMIN D3], NATURAL COCOA POWDER, SALT [CONTAINS YELLOW PRUSSIATE OF SODA (ANTICAKING AGENT)], BAKING POWDER [CORNSTARCH, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE], SODIUM BICARBONATE, BUTTER AND VANILLA FLAS OR [ETHYL ALCOHOL, WATER, NATURAL FLAVORS]), CHOCOLATE SHAVINGS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, BUTTER OIL [MILK], SOY LECITHIN [EMULSIFIER], NATURAL VANILLA), ICING (WHIP TOPPING [WATER, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, LESS THAN 2% OF: SODIUM CASEINATE {MILK DERIVATIVE}, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, CARRAGEENAN, COLORED WITH BETA CAROTENE], FONDANT SUGAR [SUCROSE, CORN STARCH], SALTED BUTTER [PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT], ALL PURPOSE SHORTENING [INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OLL, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL], SHORTENING [MODIFIED PALM AND PLAM OILS, CANOLA OIL, VEGETABLE MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 80], FUDGE BASE [COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, PALM OIL, Å SOYBEAN OIL, 2% OR LESS OF: ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, PRESERVATIVE {SORBIC ACID} PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, WATER], VANILLA FLAVOR [WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ALCOHOL, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID]). SYRUP (SUGAR, WATER), PAN GREASE OLL (SOYBEAN OLL, PETROLATUM, 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, MORO & DIGLYCERIDES, BHT [ANTIOXIDANT]), TURLTELLA (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, WHOLE MILK POWDER, LACTOSE [MILK], BUTTER OIL [MILK], SOY LECITHIN [EMULSIFIER], NATURAL VANILLA), LOGO DISC (SUJJAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, BUTTER OIL [MILK], EMULSIFIERS [SOY L.ECITHIN], POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE, VEGETABLE OIL [COCONUT], COLOR [TITANIUM DIOXIDE], SKIMMED MILK POWDER).
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Starch, Shortening, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Soybean, Sucrose, 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 wheat, milk, egg, soybean or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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