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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, Canola Oil, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 35% of the Institute of Medicine's daily sodium (salt) recommendations based on adequate intake [read more]
Contains 1 added fiber ingredient(s): Cellulose Powder [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 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Methyl and Propyl Parabens
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 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 1 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Methyl and Propyl Parabens
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: Palm Oil, Canola Oil, and Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains a high level of saturated fat [read more]
Contains 35% 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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KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE (KING RANCH SAUCE (WHITE CREAM SAUCE (HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM (CREAM (MILK), MILK, GELLAN GUM), WHOLE MILK (MILK, VITAMIN D3, VITAMIN E), ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), UNSALTED BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM (MILK), NATURAL FLAVORINGS (LACTIC ACID, STARTER DISTILLATE))), TOMATOES (TOMATOES, SALT, CITRIC ACID), SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM (MILK)), HATCH MILD DICED GREEN CHILES (GREEN CHILI PEPPERS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF:, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, SALT), CELERY, YELLOW ONION, MUSHROOM MIX (WHITE MUSHROOMS, CREMINI MUSHROOMS, UNSALTED BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM (MILK), NATURAL FLAVORINGS (LACTIC ACID, STARTER DISTILLATE)), SHALLOTS, GARLIC, KOSHER SALT, BLACK PEPPER), POBLANO PEPPERS, RED BELL PEPPER, GREEN BELL PEPPER, JALAPENO PEPPERS, CHICKEN BASE (CHICKEN, SALT, SUGAR, CHICKEN FAT, CORN STARCH, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MALTODEXTRIN, CHICKEN BROTH, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, TURMERIC), OLIVE OIL BLEND (CANOLA OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), KOSHER SALT, GARLIC, THYME, NEW MEXICO CHILI POWDER (CHILE PEPPER, SALT, CUMIN, OREGANO, GARLIC, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF:, SILICON DIOXIDE), BLACK PEPPER, CUMIN, OREGANO), POACHED CHICKEN (WATER, DICED CHICKEN BREAST (CHICKEN, CONTAINS UP TO 13% SOLUTION OF:, WATER, SALT), KOSHER SALT), SHREDDED MONTEREY JACK & CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES (MICROBIAL ENZYMES, &/OR, ENZYMES(VEGETABLE)), ANNATTO (COLOR)), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES (MICROBIAL ENZYMES, &/OR, ENZYMES(VEGETABLE))), POTATO STARCH (ANTICAKING), POWDERED CELLULOSE (ANTICAKING), NATAMYCIN (MOLD INHIBITOR)), CORN TORTILLAS (WHITE CORN FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF:, GUAR GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, PROPIONIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID, METHYL & PROPYL PARABENS, LIME (CALCIUM HYDRATE)), RED BELL PEPPER, COOKING SPRAY (CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, COCONUT OIL, SOY LECITHIN, DIMETHYL SILICONE (ANTI-FOAMING AGENT), ROSEMARY EXTRACT (PRESERVATIVE), PROPELLANT)), TX REFRIED BEANS (WATER, SOAKED PINTO BEANS (WATER, PINTO BEANS), WHITE ONIONS, NUTRA CLEAR OIL (CANOLA OIL), KOSHER SALT), CARROTS, BUTTERMILK RANCH DRESSING (MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, EGGS, EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT QUALITY), NATURAL FLAVOR), SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM (MILK)), BUTTERMILK (MILK(CULTURED/LOWFAT), SKIM MILK, CORN STARCH, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, CARRAGEENAN, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES (EMULSIFIER), CAROB BEAN GUM, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3), CHIVES, PARSLEY, GARLIC, DILL, KOSHER SALT, BLACK PEPPER), ***KEEP REFRIGERATED***
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 beans or lentils, which have the lowest carbon footprint of any protein source. [read more]
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: Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Canola Oil, Sugars, Maltodextrin, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Lecithin (Soy), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, and Sodium Citrates [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
Contains ingredients derived from wheat, milk, egg or tree nut - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
2.0 servings per container
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