Chocolate Chip Waffles

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

Chocolate Chip Waffles scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 3g protein and 5g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Chocolate Chip Waffles lists 34 ingredients, starting with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin and Iron. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

150 kcal per serving, or 214 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Chocolate Chip Waffles on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Chocolate Chip Waffles scores worse than most breakfast foods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in breakfast foods is One Degree Organic Foods Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Rolled Oats, 24 oz at 100/100.