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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: Palm Oil and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains 51% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: 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.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
Contains 1 ingredient(s) associated with cancer: Sodium Nitrite
This product has 12 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 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite
Antibiotics were likely used in the production of this meat [read more]
Hormones and/or growth promoters were likely used in production of meat ingredients [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Palm Oil and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 51% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Contains 1 ingredient(s) associated with cancer: Sodium Nitrite
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Sugars and Dextrose [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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POTATOES, FULLY COOKED PORK SAUSAGE CRUMBLES: PORK, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, SUGAR, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVOR (WITH MALTODEXTRIN, SUCCINIC ACID), SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CARAMEL COLOR, CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE: WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PALM OIL, MODIFIED WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, YEAST EXTRACT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), CAROTENAL COLORS, SPICE, WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE: PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, FOUR CHEESE SAUCE: PASTEURIZED PROCESSED CHEESE SPREAD (CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, SKIM MILK, CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE)), WATER, CHEDDAR/PARMESAN/ROMANO CHEESES (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PALM OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, CHEDDAR CHEESE: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, AND ANNATTO (COLOR), FULLY COOKED DICED HAM WATER ADDED: CURED WITH: WATER, DEXTROSE, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, FULLY COOKED BACON TOPPING: CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MAY CONTAIN SMOKE FLAVORING, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SEASONING: BUTTER FLAVOR (WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], TURMERIC EXTRACT [COLOR]), SALT, DEXTROSE, POTATO FLAVOR (POTATO FLAVOR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SUNFLOWER OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, OLIVE OIL), DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SILICON DIOXIDE TO PREVENT CAKING, WHEAT FLOUR, SMOKY HAM SEASONING: MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, DRIED ONION, DRIED GARLIC, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, DRIED PORK STOCK, SMOKE FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVOR (CONTAINS MILK), SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), METHYLCELLULOSE, SODIUM ALGINATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES. BREADED AND BATTERED WITH: BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED OR PALM OIL), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: DEXTROSE, SALT, DRIED YEAST, WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, IODIZED SALT, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SODIUM ALGINATE, SOY FLOUR, NONFAT MILK, COLORED WITH OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVOR, AND EGG. BREADING SET IN VEGETABLE OIL.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Flour, Sugars, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Vegetable Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, and Sodium Citrates [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains pork, which has a higher carbon footprint relative to chicken, eggs and plant proteins.
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from milk, wheat, soybean or egg - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
4.0 servings per container
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