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Chees Roundup

We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 39)

Calories
368
Protein
21g
Sargento

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
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Calories
200
Sugar
0g
Unknown

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
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Calories
80
Protein
11g
Lucerne

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
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Calories
421
Protein
26g
Sargento

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
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Calories
286
Protein
19g
Borden

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
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Calories
321
Protein
21g
El Mexicano

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
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Calories
5
Sugar
0g
Unknown

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
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Calories
393
Protein
21g
Lucerne

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
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Calories
348
Protein
22g
Lucerne Dairy Farms

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
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Calories
88
Sugar
4g
Prairie Farms

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
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Calories
286
Protein
29g
Sargento

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
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Calories
229
Protein
12g
El Monterey Signature

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
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Calories
80
Protein
11g
Great Value

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
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Calories
400
Protein
40g
Buitoni

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
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Calories
280
Protein
12g
buitoni

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
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Calories
333
Protein
17g
Unknown

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
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Calories
387
Protein
26g
Cabot Creamery

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
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Calories
310
Sugar
3g
General Mills

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
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Calories
353
Sugar
6g
Unknown

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
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Calories
189
Protein
13g
Jimmy Dean Delights

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
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Cheetos, Tostitos, Ruffles

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
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Calories
357
Protein
25g
Lucerne Dairy Farms,Imperial Sugar, Lucerne

Monterey Jack Cheese

Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
321
Protein
21g
La Vaquita, Inc.

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
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Calories
429
Protein
14g
Great Value

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
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Crystal Farm

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
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Calories
429
Protein
21g
Tillamook

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
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Calories
226
Sugar
6g
Ellio's

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
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Calories
34
Sugar
0g
Birds Eye

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
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Calories
54
Sugar
2g
Birds Eye,Conagra Brands

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
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Calories
357
Protein
18g
Unknown

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
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Chees category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 2974 products in the Chees category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Chees?+
We rank Chees based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Chees here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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