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Every week, CheckIt AI identifies the lowest-scoring products from our database of 25,800+ grocery items. This week's analysis covers February 2026 — Week 3. The worst product found: ORIGINAL WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE SPREAD, ORIGINAL by Kraft Heinz Foods Company with a score of just 26/100.
Checkit score 26/100. contains retinyl palmitate. not organic.
PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, SKIM MILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CHEESE CULTURE.
PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, SKIM MILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CHEESE CULTURE.
Here are all 10 lowest-scoring products we found during February 2026 — Week 3:
Checkit score 26/100. contains retinyl palmitate. not organic.
PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, SKIM MILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CHEESE CULTURE.
Checkit score 28/100. contains corn starch. not organic.
POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR, CORN STARCH), RICE FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL SHORTENING (SOYBEAN OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), CORN STARCH, GLUTEN FREE OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, TAPIOCA STARCH, COCOA POWDER, POTATO STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, MOLASSES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SALT, INULIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE.
Checkit score 28/100. not organic.
CORNMEAL, SUNFLOWER OIL AND/OR EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, RICE FLOUR, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, BUTTERMILK, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID (FOR FLAVOR), BLACK PEPPER, LACTIC ACID (FOR FLAVOR).
Checkit score 28/100. contains modified corn starch, corn starch. not organic.
WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, WHEAT STARCH, HONEY, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CARAMEL COLOR, MOLASSES, NATURAL FLAVOR. VITAMINS AND MINERALS: FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (SOURCE OF IRON), NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), ZINC OXIDE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), FOLIC ACID.
Checkit score 28/100. contains corn, corn maltodextrin. not organic.
POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED, CORN), SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, ONION POWDER, TORULA YEAST, SPICES, DEXTROSE, WHEY POWDER, FLAVOR (INCLUDES SALT), SODIUM DIACETATE, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, GARLIC POWDER, JALAPENO PEPPER POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA [COLOR]), SEA SALT.
Checkit score 28/100. contains canola oil, rapeseed oil. not organic.
WHOLE ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, MOLASSES, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN, CORN SYRUP, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT, RICE FLOUR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SALT, FRUCTOSE, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, GLYCERIN, INVERT SUGAR, DRIED UNSWEETENED COCONUT, WHEAT FLAKES, WHEY POWDER, ASCORBIC ACID, ROSEMARY EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR. CONTAINS: SOY, MILK, COCONUT AND WHEAT.
Checkit score 28/100. contains palm sugar. not organic.
COCONUT OIL POWDER* (ACACIA FIBER*, MCT OIL*), COCONUT PALM SUGAR*, MATCHA POWDER*, GUAR GUM*, NATURAL FLAVOR, SEA SALT, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT*
Checkit score 28/100. contains cottonseed oil sovbean oil, sunflower oil. not organic.
HONEY ROASTED PEANUTS (PEANUTS, SUGAR, HONEY, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], SALT, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM), HONEY ROASTED SESAME STICKS (FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR], VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], SUGAR, SESAME SEEDS, BULGUR WHEAT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: HONEY, SALT, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, TURMERIC [COLOR], BEET POWDER [COLOR], XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER TOFFEE PEANUTS (SUGAR, PEANUTS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: PEANUT OIL, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], SALT, SOY LECITHIN), HONEY ROASTED ALMONDS (ALMONDS, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], HONEY, SALT, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM), HONEY ROASTED CASHEWS (CASHEWS, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], HONEY, SALT, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM).
Checkit score 28/100. contains palm oil, palm oil and fat. not organic.
Organic Whole Wheat Flour (31%), Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Grape Juice Concentrate, Organic Palm Oil^, Organic Sunflower Oil, Sodium Bicarbonate
Checkit score 28/100. contains corn oil, palm oil. not organic.
ENRICHED FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE, MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, VEGETABLE OIL, CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, PECANS, EGGS, SALT, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN EMULSIFIER).
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CheckIt AI. (2026). "Worst Product of the Week: February 2026 — Week 3 | CheckIt AI". Climaverse PBC. Retrieved from https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/february-2026-week-3"Worst Product of the Week: February 2026 — Week 3 | CheckIt AI." CheckIt AI, Climaverse PBC, 2026-03-06. https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/february-2026-week-3.<a href="https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/february-2026-week-3">Worst Product of the Week: February 2026 — Week 3 | CheckIt AI — CheckIt AI</a>@misc{checkit2026worstproductoftheweekfebruary2026week3,
title = {Worst Product of the Week: February 2026 — Week 3 | CheckIt AI},
author = {CheckIt AI},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Climaverse PBC},
url = {https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/february-2026-week-3},
note = {Retrieved 2026-03-06}
}