Food
Taylor Farms Honey Apple Salad Kit
305 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains emulsifiers studied for gut effects
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
Why it scores 16
Taylor Farms Honey Apple Salad Kit scores 16 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Honey: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
Better honey
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Organic Raw & Unfiltered Honey Kirkland Signature · 680 g Not ultra-processed · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 65 out of 100 , 49 points higher -
Pure Premium Honey Member's Mark · 1.36 kg Not ultra-processed · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 65 out of 100 , 49 points higher -
Wildflower Honey Kirkland Signature Not ultra-processed · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 65 out of 100 , 49 points higher -
Raw Honey Sweetie Bee · 24 oz Not ultra-processed · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 65 out of 100 , 49 points higher -
Pure Honey Berryhill · 24 oz Not ultra-processed · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 79 out of 100 , 63 points higher
The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
Honey Apple Salad Kit
Ingredients
- Honey minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Molasses minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 5 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 6 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 8 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Saturated fat 2.5 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 0.6 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 170 kcal / 100 g minus 1 points
100 − 84 = 16
Can’t score above 79. Contains honey, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 170 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 12 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.5 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 14 g |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Added sugars | 5 g |
| Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Salt | 0.6 g |
Serving: 1 portion (100 g)
Ingredients
- HONEY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE (soybean oil. water, sugar, honey, balsamic vinegar, distilled vinegar, salt, molasses, xanthan gum, spices, invert sugar. dehydrated onion, mustard seed, dehydrated garlic, white wine. citric acid, turmeric, tartaric acid, natural flavors) (high concern)
- APPLES (apples and calcium ascorbate [to maintain freshness and color])
- SPINACH
- CARROT
- SEA SALT CROISSANT CROUTONS (wheat flour, water, plant-based butter, yeast, sea saft sunflower oil, xanthan gum, deactivated yeast, ascorbic acid, enzymes, vinegar, cultured wheat flour)
- FETA CHEESE (feta cheese, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking])
- MIZUNA (not recognized)
- RED LEAF LETTUCE
- GREEN LEAF LETTUCE
- LOLLA ROSA (not recognized)
- GREEN OAK (not recognized)
- RADICCHIO
Label text, as published
HONEY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE (soybean oil. water, sugar, honey, balsamic vinegar, distilled vinegar, contains less than 2% of salt, molasses, xanthan gum, spices, invert sugar. dehydrated onion, mustard seed, dehydrated garlic, white wine. citric acid, turmeric, tartaric acid, natural flavors). APPLES (apples and calcium ascorbate [to maintain freshness and color]). SPINACH, CARROT, SEA SALT CROISSANT CROUTONS (wheat flour [wheat flour, enzymes], water, plant-based butter. (palm oil*, palm kernel oil*, water, salt, monoglycerides, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor, citric acid [acidulant], vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2]. sugar, yeast, sea saft sunflower oil, xanthan gum, deactivated yeast, ascorbic acid, enzymes, vinegar, cultured wheat flour). FETA CHEESE (feta cheese [pasteurized milk, salt, cheese Culture enzymes], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]). MIZUNA, RED LEAF LETTUCE, GREEN LEAF LETTUCE, LOLLA ROSA, GREEN OAK, RADICCHIO CONTAINS: Milk, WHEAT.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat, Gluten, Mustard
- Not vegan
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
“carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80, induced low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in wild-type hosts and promoted robust colitis in mice predisposed to this disorder.”
doi.org
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“Relative to control subjects, CMC consumption modestly increased postprandial abdominal discomfort and perturbed gut microbiota composition in a way that reduced its diversity.”
doi.org
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“This study found positive associations between risk of CVD and intake of five individual and two groups of food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu