Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 43)

Great value, premium macaroni & cheese
Ingredients: Enriched macaroni (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheese sauce (skim milk, cheddar cheese and romano cheese made from cow's milk [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], canola oil, water, whey [from milk], whey protein concentrate, salt, maltodextrin [from corn], sodium phosphate, beta carotene [color], paprika extract [color], natural flavors, sodium alginate, mono - and diglycerides, lactic acid, sorbic acid [preservative], xanthan gum, yeast extract).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Shredded Medium 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

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

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

Bagel, Asiago Cheese
Ingredients: Enriched unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, ascorbic acid as dough conditioner, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzyme), water, asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dehydrated onion, sugar, contains 2% or less of each of the following: dehydrated garlic, sesame seed, poppy seed, yeast, distilled vinegar, vegetable oil (canola and/or soy), vital wheat gluten, xanthan gum, salt, yeast nutrient (ammonium sulfate), dough conditioner (mono - and diglycerides), calcium sulfate, enzymes, calcium propionate (mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Danish
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), margarine (palm oil, soybean oil, water, salt, contains less than 2% of each of mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [a preservative], citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate, beta-carotene [color], vitamin d3, whey), water, sugar, whole eggs, milk, neufchatel cheese (cultured pasteurized milk and cream, salt, carob bean gum), high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, hydrated monoglyceride (water, monoglycerides), contains 2% or less of: nonfat milk, corn syrup, yeast, salt, milk protein concentrate, cheese culture, food starch-modified, microcrystalline cellulose, carob bean gum, lactic acid, tapioca dextrin, artificial flavor, sodium stearoyl lactylate, mono - and diglycerides, citric acid, casein, soybean oil, agar agar, whey, calcium lactate, lemon juice concentrate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, cellulose gum, artificial color, enzymes, xanthan gum, ascorbic acid, [beta]-apo-8'-carotenal (for color), potassium sorbate (preservative).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Fiesta Blend
Ingredients: Reduced fat monetary jack, reduced fat cheddar, reduced fat quesadilla and reduced fat asadero cheese, pasteurized part-skim milk cheese, salt, enzymes, annatto color [ in cheddar cheese], vitamin a palmitate, 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

Great value, original ricotta cheese
Ingredients: Whey, milk, vinegar, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum (stabilizers).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Singles American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product
Ingredients: Cultured milk, water, cream, whey, sodium citrate, milk protein concentrate, modified food starch, whey protein concentrate calcium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, apo carotenal and beta carotene (color), lactic acid. enzymes, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar
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

Italian Style Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Romano, Fontina and Asiago Cheese
Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella and romano cheese made from cow's milk (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), provolone, parmesan fontina and asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, added smoke flavoring [ in provolone cheese]), potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold ihibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cabit Wildly Horseradish
Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese (fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sodium citrate, salt, natural and artificial horseradish flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Premium Naturally Aged Cheddar Cheese, Hot Habanero
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, jalapeno peppers, salt, taco seasoning (salt, chili pepper, spices, garlic, onion, citric acid, paprika, natural flavors), habaneros, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Two State Farmers' Shredded Cheddar Cheese Classic Cut
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto (color). potato starch, corn starch, calcium sulfate (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Triple Creme Brie Soft-Ripened Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cow's milk, pasteurized cream, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

President, crumbled feta cheese with mediterranean herbs
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, cellulose powder added to prevent caking, greek seasoning (spices, garlic, corn syrup solids, lemon juice solids, natural flavor, modified food starch, olive oil powder, maltodextrin), enzymes, natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Brie creamy gourmet spreadable cheese
Ingredients: Brie (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, pasteurized cream, dairy product solids, sodium polyphosphate, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, citric acid, salt, cellulose gum and guar gum (stabilizers), sorbic acid and nisin (to protect freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Breyers, gelato indulgences, gelato, raspberry cheesecake
Ingredients: milk, sugar, cream, corn syrup, dextrose, contains 2% or less of each of the following: cream cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, cream, salt, enzymes), whey, raspberry puree concentrate, water, wheat flour, brown sugar, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar), natural flavor, mono and diglycerides, honey, butter (cream, salt), pasteurized eggs, whole wheat/graham flour, beet juice concentrate (for color), canola oil, citric acid, salt, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, carrageenan, molasses, ascorbic acid, annatto (for color), vitamin a palmitate,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Egg & Cheese
Ingredients: Omelet (whole eggs, cheddar cheese [processed cheddar cheese (cultured milk, water, cream, skim milk, sodium phophates, salt, sorbic acid, enzymes, annatto), powdered cellulose, pottassium sorbate and natamycin], non fat milk, corn starch, salt, pepper, xanthan gum, citric acid), pocket bread (wheat flour, water, sunflower oil [rosemary extract and vitamin e], yeast, cane sugar, salt, enzymes), pasteurized process american cheese (cultured milk, water, cream, sodium phosphates, salt, sorbic acid, annatto, paprika extract, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole grain cheddar cheese crackers
Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: soybean oil, palm oil, canola oil, corn oil), sugar, deproteinized dairy whey, buttermilk solids, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat gluten, cornstarch, dairy whey, salt, wheat bran, sour cream ([cream, nonfat milk, cultures], cultured nonfat milk, lactic acid, citric acid), whey protein concentrate, soy lecithin (emulsifier), maltodextrin, caramel color, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), onion, dextrose, natural and artificial flavors, nonfat dry milk, spices, parsley, artificial color (yellow 5 lake), citric acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Captain’s Wafers cream Cheese and Chives
Ingredients: 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, deproteinized dairy whey, buttermilk, corn syrup solids, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, corn syrup, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum), sodium caseinate nonfat dry milk, chives, parsley, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural and artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Finely Shredded Natural Marble Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Colby and monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes and annatto color), potato starch, starch and cellulose powder to prevent caking, natamycin (mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized whey, pasteurized milk, vinegar, stabilizer (modified corn starch, guar gum, carrageenan), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crystal Farms Original Cream Cheese 8Oz
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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