Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 61)

Three cheese tortellini in a creamy soup with spinach
Ingredients: chicken broth, cheese tortellini ( durum flour, water, ricotta cheese [pasteurized whey, milk fat and milk], bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, soybean oil, yeast], grated parmesan cheese [pasteurized part - skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, and powdered cellulose (anti-caking agent)], whole eggs, grated asiago cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, and powdered cellulose (anti-caking agent)], salt, egg whites, black pepper, nutmeg ), soybean oil, modified food starch, contains less than 2% of: dried parmesan cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), spinach, cream, basil, sugar, soy protein concentrate, salt, butter, sodium phosphate, yeast extract, whey protein concentrate, natural flavor, dried sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), cultured whey protein concentrate, citric acid, nonfat dry milk, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar),
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHEDDAR CHEESE
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, 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

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

Cheese dip 'n' cracker sticks
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cheddar and other natural cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [ for color]), sugar, whey, milkfat, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, corn syrup solids, salt, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, lactic acid, sorbic acid (preservative), apo-carotenal (for color), xanthan gum, yeast extract, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alginate, natural flavor, distilled monoglycerides, ascorbic acid, citric acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk and milk, salt, guar gum, xanthan gum, mono and diglycerides, carrageenan, carob bean gum, sorbic acid, citric acid, vitamin a palmitate and carbon dioxide (to help protect flavor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepper Jack Style Dairy-Free Cheese
Ingredients: Filtered water, coconut oil, modified potato and corn starches, potato starch, sea salt, green and red jalapeno peppers, natural flavor (plant sources), olive extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Labne Kefir Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk & cream, condensed skim milk, whey protein concentrate, pectin and salt. contains: live active yogurt and probiotic cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. lactis, l. casei, l. acidophilus and bifidobacterium).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

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

Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cream Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, brown sugar, water, whey protein concentrate, contains less than 2% of salt, modified food starch, natural flavor, guar gum, cinnamon, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, malic acid, nutmeg, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Cheddar Cheese Melt Hamburger Helper
Ingredients: enriched pasta (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, modified whey, salt. contains 2% or less of: sugar, onion*, cheddar cheese* (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), vegetable oil (canola, soybean and/or sunflower oil), color (annatto extract, caramel color), garlic*, lactic acid, buttermilk*, whey*, calcium lactate, monoglycerides, spice, yeast extract, sodium phosphate, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent). *dried contains milk, wheat.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheesy mexican rice box
Ingredients: Enriched parboiled rice (rice, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), maltodextrin, modified corn starch, onion*, salt, tomato*, ricotta cheese* (whey, milkfat, lactic acid, salt), garlic*, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (corn, soy, wheat), red bell peppers*, green bell peppers*. contains less than 0.5% of: chili powder (chili pepper, spice, salt, garlic powder), yeast extract, calcium phosphate, vegetable oil (canola, high oleic soybean and/or sunflower oil), spice and color, natural and artificial flavor. *dried
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

French Cheese Cake
Ingredients: Water, sugar, strawberries, vegetable oil (palm oil and soybean oils), milk, enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whey, skim milk, neufchatel cheese [pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (xanthan and/or carob bean and/or guar gums)]. heavy whipping cream, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of each of the following: cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), milk protein concentrate, cream, oats, gelatin, maltodextrin, salt, lactose, molasses, citric acid, baking soda, cheese culture, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, lactic acid, mono - and diglycerides, citric acid, colored with (b-apo-8-carotenal, turmeric and annatto extract, red 40, caramel color), gums (carob bean, xanthan, guar), natural and artificial flavors, propylene glycol alginate, wheat starch, cinnamon, lactylic esters of fatty acids, glucose syrup, soy lecithin, carrageenan, modified tapioca and corn starch, potassium chloride, potassium sorbate (preservative), soy flour.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Maggio, ricotta chesse
Ingredients: Made from pasteurized whole milk, skim milk, culture, vinegar and salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Applewood bacon, egg & cheese with reduced fat cheddar cheese & sauce in a croissant crust sandwiches, applewood bacon, egg & cheese
Ingredients: Water, enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), reduced fat cheddar cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, skim milk, modified food starch*, cultures, salt, flavors*, potassium chloride*, annatto, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes, *ingredients not in regular cheddar cheese), cooked scrambled eggs (whole eggs, skim milk, soybean oil, corn starch, salt, xanthan gum, citric acid), fully cooked applewood smoked bacon (cured with: water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, may contain potassium chloride, dextrose, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphates, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, flavoring), palm oil, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, sugar, mono & diglycerides, soybean lecithin, potassium sorbate and citric acid [preservatives], annatto and turmeric color, vitamin a palmitate added), seasoning (maltodextrin, whey, nondairy creamer [coconut oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, mono - & diglycerides, potassium phosphate, silicon dioxide, soy lecithin], buttermilk powder, cheese flavor [natural flavor, cheddar cheese {cultured milk, salt, enzymes}, whey, maltodextrin, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk, modified cornstarch, salt, garlic powder, potato maltodextrin, disodium phosphate, onion powder, citric acid], bleached enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, benzoyl peroxide, amylase, ascorbic acid, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], salt, sugar, seasoning [cornstarch, propylene glycol, extractives of turmeric and annatto, polysorbate 80, natural flavor], annatto color, methylcellulose, lactic acid, calcium lactate), 2% or less of whey, modified food starch, soybean oil, fractionated palm oil, yeast, dough conditioner blend (calcium sulfate, salt, l-cysteine hydrochloride, garlic powder, tricalcium phosphate, enzymes [wheat]), salt, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy flour, dried egg whites.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

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

Monterey Jack Cheese With Jalapeno Peppers
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, red and green jalapeno peppers, cheese culture, salt and enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shaved Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose, natamycin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Organic low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (organic cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes), anticake (powdered cellulose).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Portobello mushrooms & creamy cheeses wrapped in thin pasta ravioli, mushroom
Ingredients: Filling (mushrooms, ricotta (whey, milk, cream, vinegar), whey, seasoning (water, sunflower oil, potato starch, casein, salt), bread crumbs (wheat flour, yeast, salt), chicory root fiber, cornstarch and potato fiber, natural flavors, parmesan cheese (pasteurized cultured part-skimmed milk, salt enzymes), 2% or less of salt, sunflower oil, potato starch, onions, autolyzed yeast extract, dehydrated onions, non-fat dry milk, black pepper). pasta (durum wheat flour, eggs, water).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Large Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured skim milk, skim milk, cream, whey protein concentrate, contains 2% or less of salt, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, natural flavors, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (preservatives), carrageenan, polysorbate 80, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Garlic buttery crust four cheese frozen pizza
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, reduced fat mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, nonfat milk, modified food starch*, cultures, salt, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes, *ingredients not in regular mozzarella cheese), tomato paste, cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), soybean oil, 2% or less of reduced fat provolone cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, nonfat milk, cultures, salt, modified food starch*, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes, *ingredients not in regular provolone cheese), sugar, modified food starch, salt, seasoning (bread crumb [bleached wheat flour, dextrose, yeast, salt], dried garlic, tomato powder, spice, salt, dextrose, dried onion, maltodextrin, citric acid, natural flavor), fractionated palm oil, yeast, parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dough conditioner blend (calcium sulfate, salt, l-cysteine hydrochloride, garlic powder, tricalcium phosphate, enzymes), soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dried onions, methylcellulose, flavor (maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavors, datem, medium chain triglycerides), seasoning (maltodextrin, modified corn starch, butter flavor), dried garlic, spices, whey, maltodextrin, potassium chloride, citric acid, soy flour, egg whites.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured skim milk, whey protein concentrate, cream, skim milk, contains 2% or less of salt, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, natural flavors, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (preservative), carrageenan, polysorbate 80, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Sicilian Pizza
Ingredients: Toppings: low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), boneless spicy cooked ham - water added - coated with spice (cured with water, salt, sodium lactate, spices, dextrose, sodium phosphate, paprika, sodium diacetate, sodium ascorbate, spice extractives, sodium nitrite), cooked italian sausage (pork, spices, water, salt, sugar, garlic powder, spice extracts), hard salami (pork, beef, salt, dextrose, spices, lactic acid starter culture, sodium ascorbate, natural smoke flavor, flavorings, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), fontina cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), basil. crust: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, palm oil, olive oil, salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate). sauce: tomatoes (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), concentrated crushed tomatoes, water, tomato paste, sugar, dried garlic, garlic, salt, spice, citric acid, soybean oil, olive oil, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

RICOTTA CHEESE & SPINACH RAVIOLI in a tomato garlic sauce
Ingredients: Cheese and spinach ravioli (organic durum wheat flour, water, organic ricotta cheese [organic skim milk, organic milkfat, organic tapioca starch, organic whey protein concentrate, organic cultured non-fat dry milk, xanthan gum, carrageenan gum, lactic acid], spinach, organic romano cheese [organic cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes], part-skim mozzarella cheese [part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], organic eggs, less than 2% of garlic, onions, lemon juice [water, lemon juice concentrate, lemon juice], sea salt, bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt], spice), organic tomato puree (water, organic tomato paste), water, spinach, organic tomatoes, 2% or less of brown sugar, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), organic onions, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic garlic puree, sea salt, waxy rice starch, basil, dried onions, spices.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
