Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 42)

Crumbled Goat Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized goat milk, powdered cellulose, salt, cheese cultures, vegetal rennet, natamycin (natural yeast & mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fresh Goat Cheese Blueberry Vanilla
Ingredients: Pasteurized goat milk, wild blueberries (wild blueberries, sugar, sunflower oil), salt, vanilla extract (vanilla beans, water, bourbon), cheese cultures, vegetal rennet, natamycin (natural yeast & mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mozzarella Fresca, Fresh Mozzarella Natural Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, vinegar, salt, enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

FETA CHEESE Crumbles
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Stuffed Bosco Stick
Ingredients: Crust: flour blend [enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, enzyme, folic acid), whole wheat flour], water, sugar, corn oil, dough conditioner (soybean oil, vegetable glycerides, soy flakes), salt, yeast, l-cysteine. mozzarella cheese: pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes. topping: natural oil blend (soybean, palm fruit and canola oils), water, salt, mono and diglycerides, potassium sorbate, natural and artificial butter flavor, lactic acid, vitamin a palmitate and beta-carotene. topping with cheese: parmesan cheese [(pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose, potassium sorbate], corn starch, salt, dehydrated garlic and contains less than 2% silicon dioxide.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

True Goodness, Organic Mexican Shredded Cheese Blend
Ingredients: Organic colby jack cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes, organic annatto), organic cheddar cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), organic monterey jack cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheeseburger macaroni & cheese
Ingredients: Cooked enriched macaroni product (water, durum semolina [enriched with niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), water, cooked beef patty crumble (hamburger, water, soy protein isolate, textured vegetable protein [soy protein concentrate, caramel color], soy sauce powder [soy sauce {fermented soybeans, wheat, salt}, maltodextrin], dehydrated onions, sugar, salt), half and half (milk, cream), cheddar club cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, salt, annatto [color]), pasteurized process cheese spread (american cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, sodium phosphate, contains less than 2% of milkfat, salt, sodium-alginate, lactic acid, apocarotenal [color]), less than 2% of modified food starch, canola oil, ketchup (tomato concentrate, distilled vinegar, sugar, salt, onion powder, spices, natural flavoring), cheese flavor (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, yeast extract, natural flavors, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum), yeast extract, salt, xanthan gum, mustard flour, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: Cooked enriched macaroni product (water, durum semolina [enriched with niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), water, half and half (milk, cream), pasteurized process cheese spread (american cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, sodium phosphate, contains less than 2% of milkfat, salt, sodium-alginate, lactic acid, apocarotenal [color]), cheddar club cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, salt, annatto [color]), less than 2 % of margarine (liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, less than 2% vegetable mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, bha & bht added to protect flavor, vitamin a palmitate and vitamin d3 added), modified food starch, canola oil, salt, yeast extract, seasoning (hydrolyzed corn gluten, yeast extract, partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soy oils), xanthan gum, mustard flour, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

Red pepper & feta gourmet spread
Ingredients: Roasted red peppers, onions, pickled red peppers (red peppers, sea salt, citric acid), feta cheese (pasteurized sheep and goat's milk, sea salt, rennet, culture), mizithra cheese (whey, sea salt), extra virgin olive oil, sugar, sea salt, red wine vinegar, herbs and spices.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Champagne New York Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), champagne, trisodium citrate, champagne flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese
Ingredients: Freshly grated, adds zest to pasta, salads, pizza, meat, chicken, sandwiches, rice and vegetables
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepper jack cheese, pepper jack
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, jalapeno & bell peppers, salt, vegetable enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gruyere
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, water, salt, sodium phosphate, natural flavoring, sorbic acid (preservative), enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan & Romano Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan & romano cheese: (pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cellulose powder added to prevent caking, potassium sorbate to protect flavors
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Cheese Spread, Pineapple
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, sugar, pineapple, whey protein concentrate, water, pineapple juice concentrate, salt, food starch-modified, carob bean gum, guar gum, sorbic acid (as a preservative), citric acid, xanthan gum, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitat
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mascarpone farmstead cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cream, pasteurized milk, citric acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mild Cheddar Cheese Snack Bars
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes, annatto (for color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fresh Mozzarella Ciliegine
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, citric acid, lactic acid, salt, microbial enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Raw Mild Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Organic cultured unpasteurized milk, salt, vegetarian enzymes
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Danish Blue Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, microbial rennet, p.roqueforti.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smoked Apple & Gouda Cheese Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast meat and thigh meat, apples, gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes and annatto color), contains 2% or less of: spices, natural flavor, kosher salt, water, evaporated cane syrup, vinegar, lamb casing.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Basil & Chive Gournay Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, basil (dried and freeze dried), chives (freeze dried), potassium sorbate (preservative).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Bean & Cheese Burrito
Ingredients: Water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pinto beans, vegetable oil (soybean, canola and/or corn oil), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), contains 2% or less: salt, chili pepper, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), guar gum, dough conditioner (sodium metabisulfite, corn starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate)
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Metabisulfite

Premium shells & cheese, original
Ingredients: Enriched macaroni product (Wheat flower, Niacin, Ferrous sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic acid), Cheddar cheese sauce (Skim milk, Cheddar cheese [Pasteurized milk, Cheese culture, Salt, Enzymes], Water, Canola oil, Whey, Maltodextrin, Soybean oil, Sodium phosphate, Contains 2% or less of: Salt, Natural Flavors, Beta-Carotene, Paprika extract, Lactic acid, Sodium alginate, Mono - and Diglycerides, Xantham gum, Sorbic acid).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Shredded Milk Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color). potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking. natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Deluxe American Pasteurized Process American Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured milk, water, cream, sodium citrate, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), citric acid, apo carotenal and beta carotene (color), enzymes, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mild Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color), potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, whey, salt, cheese culture, xanthan gum, sorbic acid (preservative), guar gum, carob bean gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
