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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]
Contains 65% 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]
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]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
This product has 8 ingredients with concerns as well as some contamination 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
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 known to be a source of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Shortening [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Contains 65% 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]
Rice-based ingredients may contain arsenic [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
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BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHMENT [NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], ENZYME), GROUND BEEF, WATER, SHREDDED POTATOES (POTATOES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, SALT, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE ADDED TO MAINTAIN NATURAL COLOR), GREEN CHILE, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [VEGETABLE COLOR], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), FIRE ROASTED TOMATOES (VINE-RIPENED UNPEELED DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, CITRIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVOR, ONION JUICE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER), SHORTENING (INTERESTERIFLED SOYBEAN OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), ONIONS, SALT, CHIPOTLE PEPPERS (CHIPOTLE PEPPERS, WATER, TOMATO PUREE, CORN OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, VINEGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES), CRUSHED TOMATOES (CRUSHED TOMATOES, TOMATO PUREE, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), BAKING POWDER (SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CHERRY TOMATOES, RICE FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, MONO DIGLYCERIDES, TORTILLA PRESERVATIVE (FUMARIC ACID, SODIUM PROPIONATE [MOLD INHIBITOR], POTASSIUM SORBATE [MOLD INHIBITOR], CITRIC ACID, CORN STARCH, SILICON DIOXIDE [FLOW AGENT], SALT), POTASSIUM SORBATE, CUMIN, SUGAR, BLACK PEPPER, CILANTRO, LIME JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (WATER, CONCENTRATED LIME JUICE AND LESS THAN 2% OF LIME OIL, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM METABISULFITE [PRESERVATIVE]), KOSHER SALT (SALT, YELLOW PRUSSIATE OF SODA), GUAR GUM, SMOKED SEA SALT, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, BALSAMIC VINEGAR, GRANULATED GARLIC, OREGANO
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Starch, Shortening, Interesterified Soybean Oil, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Corn Oil, Modified Food Starch, Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, and Citric Acid [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains beef, which has a high carbon footprint relative to other protein sources. [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from wheat and milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
1.0 servings per container
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