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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 66% 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]
Per gram, high in calories [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 2 of EWG's top food additives of concern: Sodium Nitrite and BHT
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 8 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: Sodium Nitrite and BHT
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 the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Good source of naturally occurring vitamin A [read more]
Contains 66% 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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BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST CONTAINS UP TO A 12% SOLUTION (WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT (SALT, SODIUM, SILICOALUMINATE, DEXTROSE, POTASSIUM LODIDE), LIQUID VINEGAR[APPLE CIDER VINEGAR[DILUTED WITH WATER TO 5% ACIDITY] ), CELERY SALT [SALT, GROUND CELERY, SEED, SOYBEAN OIL.NOT MORE THAT 2% CALCIUM STEARATE ADDED AS AN AND CALCIUM AGENT].SWISS CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT AND ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), CANADIAN STYLE BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE), CREAM CHEESE PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUARM GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, COM FLAKE CRUMBS (MILLED COM, SUGAR, MALT FLAVORING, 2% OR LESS OF SALT, BHT FOR FRESHNESS.VITAMINS AND MINERALS:IRON, VITAMIN C, SODIUM ASCORBATE, ASCORBIC ACID, ACID, NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN B6 PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D3, VITAMIN B12). COM USED IN THIS PRODUCT MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SOYBEANS) GARLIC GRANULATED, SPICE ONION GRANULATED, .PAPRIKA (PAPRIKA, LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE TO PREVENT CAKING), DRY VINEGAR (MALTODEXTRIN, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH.).
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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: Sugars, Dextrose, Corn, Maltodextrin, Soybean, Modified Food Starch, and Xanthan Gum [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains pork, which has a higher carbon footprint relative to chicken, eggs and plant proteins.
Contains ingredients derived from milk, soybean or wheat - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
4.0 servings per container
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