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.
Lower concern
Higher concern
Lower concern
Higher concern
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This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains food additives of lower concern
Contains 4 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, and YELLOW 6 LAKE
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Sugars [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Includes ingredient(s) derived from animals that were possibly treated with antibiotics and/or growth promoters: Milk (Fat Free), Cheese (Cheddar), Milk, Buttermilk, and Cheese Culture [read more]
From the Package
ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, SEA MINERALS (CALCIUM CARBONATE AND MAGNESIUM CARBONATE), SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, YEAST EXTRACTS, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, ONION POWDER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, GARLIC POWDER, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM DIACETATE, LACTIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, AND SKIM MILK.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Canola Oil, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Lactic Acid, Maltodextrin (Corn), and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
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