Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 52)

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

Sandwich crackers cheddar cheese on golden toast crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND CANOLA OIL [WITH TBHQ TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS]), WHEY, SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SKIM MILK, SALT, AND LESS THAN 2% OF CORN MALTODEXTRIN, LEAVENING (AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), BUTTERMILK, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CORN SYRUP, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, LACTIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), SODIUM METABISULPHITE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), WHEAT FLOUR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Organic Lowfat Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat
Ingredients: organic nonfat milk, organic milk, organic cream, salt, tricalcium phosphate, citric acid, locust bean gum, agar, carrageenan, carbon dioxide, active cultures (lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidobacterium lactis, lactococcus cremoris, lactococcus lactis, streptococcus thermophilus), vitamin a palmitate, microbial enzyme
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dutch Sliced Goat's Milk Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED GOAT'S MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE (MILK), MICROBIAL ENZYME. CONTAINS MILK. 0098 8247 ●
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Just Like Feta Cheese Alternative Block
Ingredients: Filtered water, coconut oil, potato starch, salt (sea salt), glucono delta lactone, flavor (vegan sources), olive extract, vitamin b12.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Israeli Feta
Ingredients: FETA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES [CULTURES, SKIM MILK], MICROBIAL ENZYMES), BRINE (WATER, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID [ACIDIFIER])
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Buglex Nacho cheese
Ingredients: Degermed yellow corn meal, vegetable oil (coconut and/or palm kernel), sugar, salt, maltodextrin. contains 2% or less of: whey powder, monosodium glutamate, buttermilk powder, baking soda, dried garlic, dried cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, tomato powder, spices, dried onion, citric acid, dried enzyme modified romano cheese (made from cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), color (paprika extract, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, annatto extract, and turmeric extract), enzyme modified butter, disodium phosphate, natural and artificial flavor, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, nonfat dry milk, butter (cream, salt), freshness preserved by bht.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Fiesta Blend
Ingredients: Monterey jack, cheddar, queso quesadilla and asadero cheeses (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color [in cheddar cheese]), 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

Tri-Color Three Cheese Tortellini
Ingredients: PASTA: WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, EGGS, TOMATO PASTE, SPINACH POWDER, ANNATTO OIL, BETA-CAROTENE FILLING: ASIAGO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), RICOTTA CHEESE (WHEY, VINEGAR, SALT), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CRACKER MEAL (WHEAT FLOUR), PARMESAN FLAVOR ([GRANULAR CHEESE AND PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID], SEA SALT, CANOLA OIL, YEAST EXTRACT, ORGANIC BUTTER (CREAM), SWEET CREAM, SUGAR, WATER, ORGANIC ONION POWDER, ORGANIC GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, CANOLA OIL, PARSLEY, SEA SALT, BLACK PEPPER.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dairy-Free American Slices
Ingredients: FILTERED WATER, POTATO STARCH, COCONUT OIL, EXPELLER PRESSED: CANOLA AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL, SALT, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, VEGAN NATURAL FLAVORS, PEA PROTEIN, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID (VEGAN), KONJAC GUM, FRUIT AND/OR VEGETABLE JUICE COLOR, ANNATTO COLOR, VEGAN ENZYME, VITAMIN B12.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated parmesan
Ingredients: parmesan, romano made from cow's milk and asiago cheeses (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes). cellulose powder to prevent caking. potassium sorbate to protect flavor contains: milk. kraft heinz foods company chicago, il 60601
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, nonfat milk, contains less than 2% of: cream*, whey, maltodextrin, artificial color**, guar gum, citric acid, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides*, locust bean gum, salt, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate, enzyme, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Salisbury Steak with Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: Water, cooked beef, cooked pasta (water, semolina wheat flour, wheat gluten), skim milk, onions, mushrooms, 2% or less of textured soy flour, cheddar club cheese (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt, annatto color), modified cornstarch, rolled oats, concentrated cheddar cheese paste ([cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt), cornstarch, wheat flour, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), cheddar cheese seasoning (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt, natural flavor), salt, potassium chloride, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), natural flavors, sugar, garlic, dried egg whites, dried garlic, dried beef broth, caramel color, spices, molasses, brown sugar, beef fat, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), gelatin, annatto color, sunflower oil, grill flavor, tomato paste.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Five Cheese & Marmalade Thin Crust Pizza
Ingredients: Crust (wheat flour, water, canola oil, wheat germ flour, salt, skimmed milk powder, yeast, dextrose), olive oil sauce (water, olive oil extra virgin, grana padano cheese [milk, salt, animal enzymes, egg white lysozyme {preservative}], corn starch, salt, garlic), orange marmalade sauce (bitter orange marmalade [sugar, bitter orange, glucose-fructose syrup, pectin, citric acid], water, sugar, plum marmalade [plums, glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, pectin, citric acid, spices], sauteed onions [onions, sunflower oil], corn starch, balsamic vinegar [wine vinegar, grape must, caramel color, potassium metabisulfate {preservative}, canola oil, salt, spices, smoked paprika powder, onion powder), asiago soft cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, animal enzymes), mozzarella cheese made with water buffalo milk (milkfat from pasteurized water buffalo milk and pasteurized nonfat water buffalo milk, salt, animal enzymes), edam cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto [for color]), low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), olive oil extra virgin, parsley.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Toast Chee Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil, corn oil), cheese powder (dairy whey, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], salt, whey protein concentrate, nonfat dry milk, dipotassium phosphate, natural & artificial flavors, citric acid, butter, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6, buttermilk, caramel color), dairy whey, sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, ammonium bicarbonate), corn syrup, salt, artificial color (yellow 6), malted barley flour, yeast, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Precooked scrambled eggs (whole eggs, skim milk, soybean oil, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, liquid pepper extract, salt, citric acid, artificial butter flavor (soybean oil, butter, lipolyzed butter fat, flavors and artificial flavors)), diced potatoes (potatoes, vegetable oil [soybean and/or cottonseed oils], maltodextrin, salt, dextrose, tetrasodium pyrophosphate and sodium acid pyrophosphate [to maintain natural color])., bacon ([ cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate], smoke flavoring), shredded mild cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color, cellulose (to prevent caking), may also contain natamycin (a mold inhibitor)), water.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Nitrate

Cheetos Crunchy Cheese imp
Ingredients: Enriched Corn Meal (Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Falc Acid), Vegetable Gil (Corn, Canola, and/or Sunflower On 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 Glutate, Lactic Acid, Citric Artificial Color [Yellow 6), and Salt. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, COLOR ADDED, POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, DEXTROSE AND CALCIUM SULFATE (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Natural cheese extra sharp cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (color), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic shredded mozzarella cheese
Ingredients: organic low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese, organic pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smoked Sharp Cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cultures, enzymes (vegetable rennet), natural wood smoke.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plain Cream Cheeze Style Spread
Ingredients: DAIYA OAT CREAM BLEND (WATER, GLUTEN-FREE OAT FLOUR, PEA PROTEIN, CULTURES, ENZYMES), COCONUT OIL, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, CANE SUGAR, TURMERIC, GUAR GUM, LACTIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Cheese & Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk, cream and skim milk, whey protein concentrate, non-fat dry milk, water, lactic acid, inulin (natural dietary fiber), salt, stabilizers (xanthan, locust bean, and guar gums), potassium sorbate (maintains freshness), contains live and active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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, lemon juice from concentrate, modified corn starch, distilled vinegar, natural and artificial flavor, cultured dextrose, salt, pectin, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate added as preservative, artificial color, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Cottage Cheese Small Curd
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a skim milk and cream, contains less than 2% of: grade a whey, salt, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, water, lactic acid, phosphoric acid, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), polysorbate 80, enzyme, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid

Quinoa fluor
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured goats' milk (cultures contain milk), salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Four Cheese Pasta Sauce
Ingredients: Organic diced tomatoes, organic tomato puree, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic onions, organic parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized organic milk, salt, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], microbial enzymes), organic romano cheese (cultured pasteurized organic milk, salt, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], microbial enzymes), organic provolone cheese (cultured pasteurized organic milk, salt, microbial enzymes, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]), organic muenster cheese (cultured pasteurized organic milk, salt, microbial enzymes, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]), salt, organic garlic, organic basil, organic oregano.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pumpkin spice cheesecake sandwich cremes
Ingredients: Unbleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cane sugar, expeller pressed palm oil, invert cane sugar syrup, organic pumpkin seed powder, organic natural flavors, cream cheese powder (cream, milk, salt, bacterial culture, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, tocopherols, silicon dioxide [to prevent caking]), cinnamon, yogurt powder (milk, lactic acid, citric acid, bacterial culture), sea salt, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), soy lecithin (emulsifier), ginger, leavening (ammonium bicarbonate), organic caramel color, nutmeg, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

365 everyday value, shredded mild cheddar & monterey jack
Ingredients: Cheddar and monterey jack cheeses (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes, annatto [for color]), powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

String cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (vegetable).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
