Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 45)

Ciabatta Rolls with Real Cheese
Ingredients: Bread: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, salt, yeast, malt syrup, wheat gluten, corn meal. spread: soybean oil, water, palm oil, garlic*, salt, parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), mono and diglycerides, parsley*, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, whey, beta carotene added for color. cheese: mozzarella and provolone cheese (part skim milk and milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Fat Free Crumbled Feta Cheese, Traditional
Ingredients: Fat free feta cheese (pasteurized skim milk, salt, cheese culture, natural flavor, enzymes, artificial color, vitamin a palmitate), powdered cellulose, natamycin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Feta Cheese
Ingredients: Fat free feta cheese (pasteurized skim milk, salt, cheese culture, natural flavor, enzymes, artificial color, vitamin a palmitate), powdered cellulose, natamycin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Traditional Reduced Fat Feta Cheese Chunk
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crumbled Feta Cheese, Garlic & Herb
Ingredients: Feta cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose to prevent caking, spice, dried garlic, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

FETA CHEESE CRUMBLED
Ingredients: Feta cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), powered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

NACHO CHEESE SAUCE
Ingredients: Cheese whey, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: sunflower oil, canola oil, soybean oil), modified corn starch, tomato paste, jalapeno peppers, sodium phosphate, salt, cheddar and blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), vinegar, monosodium glutamate, natural flavors, onion powder, mono and diglycerides, color added (including caramel, yellow 5, and yellow 6), spice.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Strawberry cream cheese fruit dip
Ingredients: Water, cream cheese (cream and skim milk, salt, lactic acid, locust bean gum, guar gum, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, natural flavors), high fructose corn syrup, sugar, modified corn starch, lemon juice from concentrate, distilled vinegar, natural and artificial flavors, cultured dextrose and whey, salt, pectin, artificial color, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate added as preservatives, xanthan gum, red #40.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Crumbled Gorgonzola Cheese
Ingredients: Gorgonzola cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured cream, prepared pumpkin, pasteurized cultured skim milk, brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and stabilizers (xanthan, locust bean, and guar gum).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar Gruyere
Ingredients: Cultured Pasteurized Milk. Salt, Enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

2% Milk Singles American
Ingredients: Milk, skim milk, whey, milk protein concentrate, buttermilk, sodium citrate, calcium phosphate, contains 2% or less of salt, maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, sorbic acid (preservative), xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural flavor, color added, cheese cultures, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

California Natural Marbled Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured grade a pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

California Natural Cheese Part Skim Mozzarella
Ingredients: Cultured grade a pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A NONFAT MILK, MILK AND CREAM, WHEY, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low Fat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A NONFAT MILK, MILK AND CREAME, WHEY, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A NONFAT MILK, MILK AND CREAM, WHEY, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, ACETIC ACID, GUAR GUM, VITAMIN D3
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue cheese Dressing
Ingredients: Cottonseed and/or soybean oil, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt and enzymes), vinegar, salt, spices, and benzoate of soda to protect the flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream cheese frozen stuffed jalapenos poppers
Ingredients: Cream cheese stuffed jalapeno (cream cheese [milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum], jalapeno pepper [contains water, acetic acid, salt, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate], wheat flour, bleached wheat flour, soybean oil, water, modified foo
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Shredded Mozzarella & Provolone Natural Cheeses
Ingredients: Low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), provolone cheese with smoke flavor (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, natural smoke flavor), non-smoked provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), potato starch (to prevent caking), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Whole Milk Mozzarella & Provolone Cheese
Ingredients: LOW MOISTURE MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), SMOKED PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR), POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

WHOLE MILK MOZZARELLA SHREDDED LOW MOISTURE MOZZARELLA CHEESE
Ingredients: LOW MOISTURE MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Balanced breaks pepper jack cheese honey roasted
Ingredients: Monterey jack cheese with jalapeno peppers [pasteurized milk, jalapeno peppers, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)], dried fruit and nut blend (raisins, peanuts, sugar, contains less than 2% of honey, maltodextrin, modified potato starch, salt, vegetable oil (cottonseed, peanut, soybean and/or sunflower), xanthan gum].
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Ultra Thin Sliced Pepper Jack Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, HOT PEPPERS (JALAPENO PEPPERS, HABANERO PEPPER CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Reduced Fat Medium Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED REDUCED FAT MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sargento Colby-Jack Natural Cheese
Ingredients: Colby cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepper Jack Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeño Peppers
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, jalapeno peppers, cheese culture, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Natural Mild Sliced Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
