Chees Roundup
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Detailed Reviews (Page 56)

Premium parmesan
Ingredients: Parmesan, asiago & 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

Home Style Frosting Cream Cheese
Ingredients: sugar, vegetable oil shortening (partially hydrogenated soy-bean and cottonseed oils, mono-a nd diglycerides, polysorbate 60), water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of:corn starch, salt, colored with (titanium dioxide, yellow 5, red 40), preservative (potassium sorbate), natural and artificial flavors, lactic acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium citrate, citric acid,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients: Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Water, Sugar, Palm oil, Soybean oil, Dextrose, Baking Powder 2% (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), Palm Kernel Oil, Salt, Modified Whey, Corn Syrup Solids, Cinnamon, Monoglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate (preservative), Natural and Artificial Flavor, Polysorbate 60, Corn Starch, Annatto Extract (color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Classic Cheese Sliders
Ingredients: BUN: ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: YEAST, SALT, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CORN STARCH, CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE (CSL), OAT FIBER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS. GUAR GUM, SODIUM ALGINATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES, XANTHAN GUM, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), HAMBURGER: BEEF, SHARP PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE: PASTEURIZED MILK, WATER, CREAM, MILKFAT, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CHEESE CULTURES, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), LACTIC ACID, COLOR ADDED, ENZYMES, ACETIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN (ANTI-STICKING AGENT), WATER, DRIED ONIONS, SALT, PEPPER. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT. BUNS MADE IN A BAKERY THAT MAY ALSO USE SESAME.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Macaroni & Cheese, Original Cheddar
Ingredients: ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE BLEND (WHEY, DAIRY PRODUCT SOLIDS, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, NATURAL FLAVORS, ANNATTO EXTRACT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], SODIUM PHOSPHATE).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Chunky blue cheese dressing & dip family size squeeze bottle
Ingredients: Canola oil, non fat buttermilk (whey, water, skim milk powder, corn starch, tapioca starch, carrageenan, locust bean gum, culture), blue cheese (milk, salt, culture, enzymes), water, egg yolk, salt, distilled vinegar, sugar, maltodextrin, cultured dextrose, dried garlic, stabilizer blend (xanthan gum, carrageenan), mustard flour, spice.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar Natural Cheese Deli Slices
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (for natural 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

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Skim milk, cream, nonfat dry milk, lactose, salt, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carob bean gum, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (maintain freshness), cheese cultures and enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Classic four cheese frozen pizza
Ingredients: CHEESE BLEND (LOW MOISTURE PART SKIM MOZZARELLA AND PARMESAN CHEESES [PART SKIM MILK. CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR)], PROVOLONE CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES]). TOMATOES (WATER, TOMATO PASTE). ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YEAST, PALM OIL, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, CANOLA AND/OR HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN OIL), SUGAR, SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SPICE, SEA SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DRIED GARLIC, HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, PAPRIKA, DRIED ONION, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF: WHEAT STARCH, AMMONIUM SULFATE, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID). NATURAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garlic & herbs soft spreadable cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk and cream, garlic, spices, salt, guar gum, carob bean gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Polly o string reduced fat mozzarella cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part - skim milk, vinegar, salt, enzymes (non-animal), vitamin a palmitate
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sliced Reduced Fat Provolone Natural Cheese With
Ingredients: Pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, natural smoke flavor, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spreadable cheese wedges
Ingredients: [cheddar, swiss, and semisoft cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and part-skim milk, salt, enzymes)], nonfat milk, whey, ultrafiltered nonfat milk, water, milkfat, sodium polyphosphate, citric acid, salt,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM 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

Grated Parmesan Italian Style Cheese
Ingredients: PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT AND ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING) AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (A PRESERVATIVE)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whipped chive
Ingredients: pasteurized milk and cream, skim milk, whey protein concentrate, whey, food starch-modified, salt, vinegar, dried chives, carob bean gum, cider vinegar, xanthan gum, sorbic acid (as a preservative), guar gum, vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Broccoli & Cheddar Cheese Quiche
Ingredients: FILLING: MILK, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL RENNET ANNOTTA [COLOR]), BROCCOLI, EGGS, HALF AND HALF (MILK, CREAM), CORN STARCH, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, SEASONING (SALT, SPICES), DEHYDRATED GARLIC. PASTRY: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIA
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

mac & cheese
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WHEY, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, MILK, PAPRIKA, ANNATTO, TURMERIC, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE, SODIUM CASEINATE
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lite Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: LITE LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, VITAMIN A PALMITATE), POTATO STARCH AND CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (MOLD INHIBITOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

PARMESAN CHEESE CRISPS
Ingredients: PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

CREAM CHEESE SPREAD ALTERNATIVE
Ingredients: WATER, COCONUT OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, POTATO PROTEIN, ROWANBERRY FRUIT EXTRACT (A MOLD INHIBITOR), NATURAL FLAVOR
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar cheese naturally flavored rice snacks
Ingredients: whole grain brown rice (brown rice flour, salt), corn (degermed), sunflower and/or safflower oil, seasoning (maltodextrin, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], whey, salt, buttermilk, yeast extract, natural flavor, butter [cream, salt], lactic acid, citric acid, paprika extract [colōr], annatto extract [color]), contains: milk,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese cracker sandwiches, cheese
Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHEY (FROM MILK), CORNSTARCH, SUGAR, SEMI-SOFT CHEESE POWDER (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, BUTTERMILK, SALT, LEAVENING (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), NATURAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM CASEINATE (FROM MILK), TURMERIC AND ANNATTO EXTRACTS (FOR COLOR)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Grated Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking), potassium sorbate (preservative).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
