Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 39)

COLBY-PEPPER JACK SLICED COLBY-JACK CHEESE WITH JALAPEÑO & HABANERO PEPPERS
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, hot peppers (jalapeno peppers, habanero peppers), cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Mediterranean Labne Kefir Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk and cream, condensed skim milk, whey protein concentrate, pectin and salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a fat free milk, pasteurized milk and cream, salt, tricalcium phosphate, cultured grade a dairy solids (grade a whey, citric acid, lactic acid culture), dry grade a whey, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, potassium sorbate (preservative), carrageenan, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, carbon dioxide (to help maintain freshness), vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Natural Cheese Sharp Cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

American Melts
Ingredients: Milk, milk protein concentrate, cream, whey, sodium citrate, calcium phosphate, water, contains less than 2% of gelatin, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), color added, propionic acid, lactic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Oaxaca Queso Part Skim Milk Cheese Melting Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, and enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Black & bleu cajun & bleu cheese rub
Ingredients: Dehydrated bleu cheese, paprika, garlic, spices, onion, salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes and annatto (vegetable color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Muenster Cheese Slices
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Skim milk, milk, cream, lactose, salt, stabilizer (maltodextrin, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum), citric acid, carbon dioxide and potassium sorbate (maintain freshness), cheese cultures.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

4 Cheese Mexican Shredded Reduced Fat Cheese
Ingredients: Reduced fat monterey jack cheese (pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), reduced fat cheddar cheese [pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate], reduced fat queso quesadilla cheese (pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), reduced fat asadero cheese [pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate], potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded Steak, Cheese & Rice Chimichanga
Ingredients: Wheat flour - (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cooked beef steak - (with broth, salt), cheeses - cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), green chilies - (with salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), vegetable oil - (soybean, canola, palm and/or corn oil), contains 2% or less - modified corn starch, tomatoes (with juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), dehydrated onion, jalapeno pepper (with salt, acetic acid, calcium chloride), beef flavor (beef broth, beef fat, flavor, salt), salt, flavor, spices, dough conditioners (yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, guar gum, food starch, sodium metabisulfite), ground chili pepper.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Metabisulfite

Lowfat Cottage Cheese Small Curd 2% Milkfat
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, contains less than 2% of: cream, salt, natural and artificial flavors, whey, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, vitamin a palmitate, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzyme.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Freshly shredded parmesan cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken & roasted garlic tortelloni with chicken, parmesan, ricotta, & mozzarella cheeses
Ingredients: DOUGH: GROUND DURUM WHEAT, EGGS, WATER. FILLING: WHEAT FLOUR, PART SKIM RICOTTA CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, CREAM, VINEGAR, CARRAGEENAN), PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CHICKEN (CHICKEN, WATER, SEA SALT, ROSEMARY EXTRACTIVES), CANOLA OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CREAM, ROASTED GARLIC, SALT, WATER, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SKIM MILK, GRANA PADANO CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, EGG WHITE LYSOZYME), SPICES, YEAST, SUNFLOWER OIL, CARRAGEENAN.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Swiss Almond Swiss Flavor Snack Spread
Ingredients: Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, whey, soybean oil, less than 2% almonds, natural flavor, corn syrup solids, sorbic acid (as a preservative), xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Vermont Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Betty crocker four cheese lasagna box
Ingredients: Enriched pasta (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, sugar, salt, wheat flour, ricotta cheese* (whey, milkfat, lactic acid, salt), sea salt, tomato, mozzarella cheese* (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), paprika, parmesan cheese* (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), citric acid, onion*, blue cheese* (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), basil, whey, vegetable oil (canola, soybean and/or sunflower oil), cultured nonfat milk, yeast extract, fennel seed, oregano, spice, garlic*, maltodextrin, black pepper, buttermilk*, annatto extract (color), sodium phosphate, malic acid, monoglycerides, natural flavor, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), lactose. *dried
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni
Ingredients: enriched elbow macaroni (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, wheat flour, salt, sugar, ricotta cheese* (whey, milkfat, lactic acid, salt), tomato*, onion*, contains less than 0,5% of: natural flavor, modified corn starch, citric acid, vegetable oil (canola, soybean and/or sunflower oil), whey, maltodextrin, spice, disodium inosinate and guanylate, color (yellow lakes 5 , 6, yellow 5 , 6), monoglycerides, cheddar cheese* (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sodium phosphate, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

English muffin with turkey sausage, egg whites and cheese
Ingredients: Muffin: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, yeast, wheat gluten, high fructose corn syrup, contains 2% or less of: honey, distilled vinegar, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking powder, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), salt, fumaric acid, soybean and/or cottonseed oils, calcium propionate and potassium sorbate added to prevent spoilage, yellow corn meal, yeast nutrients (monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, ammonium chloride), corn starch, soy flour. fried egg white patty: egg whites, modified tapioca starch, carrageenan gum, natural flavors, salt, soy lecithin. fully cooked turkey sausage patty: mechanically separated turkey, turkey, water, soy protein concentrate, contains 2% or less: salt, spices, dextrose, sugar, sodium phosphates, potassium chloride, yeast extract, flavor, maltodextrin, citric acid, modified food starch, caramel color. pasteurized process american cheese: milk, water, cheese culture, cream, salt, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, annatto (color added), soy lecithin, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

cheetos crunchy cheese flavored snacks
Ingredients: Enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), cheese seasoning (whey, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], canola oil, maltodextrin [made from corn], natural and artificial flavors, salt, whey protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, citric acid, artificial color [yellow 6]), and salt.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Monterey Jack Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Queso Fresco Mexicano
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized cow's milk, salt, enzymes, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese & Garlic Seasoned Croutons
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola oil, sugar, salt, contains less than 2% of each of the following: yeast, rosemary extractives, ascorbic acid (to maintain freshness), dried garlic, romano cheese made from cow's milk (part skim milk, culture, salt, enzyme), whey, dried parsley, garlic powder, natural flavor, buttermilk, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, lactic acid, annatto extract (color), turmeric oleoresin (color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CRYSTAL FARMS MEDIUM CHEDDAR
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Farmstyle Cut
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes, potato starch (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Pizza
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour [wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), malted barley flour], water, low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzymes), tomato paste, sugar, soya oil, salt, yeast, whey protein concentrate, spices, dehydrated garlic
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Rotini & Broccoli Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cooked enriched macaroni product (water, enriched durum wheat semolina (semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)), cheese sauce (water, cheddar cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto color), light cream blend (cream, skim milk, nonfat milk powder), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), modified food starch, salt. contains 2% or less of: natural cheddar flavor (natural flavors, lactose, whey powder, autolyzed yeast extract, salt, maltodextrin (corn), dehydrated cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), buttermilk powder), xanthan gum, annatto extract (color), natural butter flavor ( natural flavor, coconut oil)), broccoli.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sauced Cheesy Broccoli, Cauliflower & Carrots
Ingredients: broccoli, cauliflower, water, carrots, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto), less than 2% of (grated parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), modified food starch, cream, salt, nonfat milk, xanthan gum, natural flavor, lactose, whey powder, autolyzed yeast extract, dehydrated cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), buttermilk powder, butter oil, annatto extract)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pasteurized Process Cheese Product
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and skim milk, whey, cream, sodium citrate (emulsifier), corn starch, less than 2% of cultures, enzymes, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (to protect flavor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
