Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 70)

Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos
Ingredients: Whole corn tortilla (water, white corn flour, trace of lime), cooked black beans (water, beans, onion, salt,garlic powder), Monterey Jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzyme), onions, mushrooms, soybean oil, cornstarch, jalapeno peppers in brine (jalapeno peppers,water, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride) garlic powder, onion powder, cumin powder, salt. Contains: milk, soy
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Ravioli
Ingredients: Dough: durum wheat, water. filling: lowfat ricotta cheese (whey, milk, vinegar, salt, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate), ricotta cheese (milk, whey, cream, vinegar, stabilizers [xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum]), milk, bread crumbs (wheat and dextrose, yeast, salt), grated cheese blend (romano and parmesan cheeses [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], powdered whey salt), low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (part skim milk cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, eggs, citrus fiber (dried orange pulp), spice.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic extra cheesy cheddar bunnies snack crackers
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic whole wheat flour, organic expeller-pressed sunflower oil, organic cheddar cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), organic whey, salt, organic cheddar cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese cultures, sea salt, non-animal enzymes), organic butter (organic cream, salt), leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), organic yeast, organic paprika, cultured organic milk, organic nonfat dry milk, organic annatto (for color), organic vinegar, cultured organic whey, organic onion powder , organic celery seed powder, mixed tocopherols (vitamin e) to protect flavor, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED NONFAT MILK, PASTEURIZED MILK, PASTEURIZED CREAM, SEA SALT, STABILIZER (NONFAT MILK, LOCUST BEAN GUM, AGAR), CARBON DIOXIDE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plain Whipped Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: Pasteurized _Milk_ and Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Stabilizers (Carob Bean and/or Xanthan and/or Guar Gums), Natamycin (A natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low Fat Cottage Cheese Small Curd 1% Milkfat
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, nonfat milk, contains less than 2% of: whey, salt, maltodextrin, citric acid, carrageenan, mono - and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural flavors, vitamin a palmitate, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
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 preservatives, artificial color, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Queso in a can
Ingredients: Water, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes), canola oil, whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate, contains less than 2% of milk, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, calcium phosphate, salt, lactic acid, sodium alginate, sorbic acid as a preservative, color (annatto extract, apocarotenal), enzymes, cheese culture.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spinach & Ricotta Cheese Ravioli Bowl
Ingredients: filtered water, organic unbleached _wheat_ flour, organic unbleached durum wheat semolina flour, ricotta cheese (pasteurized whey, pasteurized part-skim _milk_, vinegar, salt), organic spinach, organic onions, organic extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes), nutritional yeast, sea salt, spices, black pepper, organic diced tomatoes, filtered water, organic onions, organic carrots, organic extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes), organic cane sugar, sea salt, organic garlic
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

HAM & CHEESE SCRAMBLE
Ingredients: SCRAMBLED EGG WHITES (EGG WHITES, WHOLE EGGS, CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO [COLOR]), ROASTED RUSSET POTATOES (POTATOES, CANOLA OIL, SALT PEPPER), COOKED HAM WITH WATER ADDED (HAM, WATER, SUGAR, SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM PHOSPHATE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
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 d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

mac & cheese, SpongeBob SquarePants shapes
Ingredients: pasta (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], whole wheat flour), cheese sauce mix (whey, milkfat, milk protein concentrate, salt, calcium carbonate, sodium triphosphate, contains less than 2% of potassium chloride, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, natural flavor, milk, with paprika, annatto, and turmeric added for color, enzymes, cheese culture, sodium caseinate),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese with Strawberries
Ingredients: COTTAGE CHEESE (CULTURED SKIM MILK, CREAM, SALT), STRAWBERRY FRUIT PREPARATION (STRAWBERRIES, WATER, CANE SUGAR, CORN STARCH, CALCIUM LACTATE, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE (FOR COLOR), CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baked Crunchy Cheese Flavored
Ingredients: ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, AND ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6). CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Heirloom Cheese Balls Real Cheddar
Ingredients: Ground Cornmeal, Sunflower Oil, Cheddar Cheese (Organic Whey, Cheddar Cheese [Organic Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Lactic Acid, Paprika Extract, Citric Acid).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

just like CHEDDAR SLICES
Ingredients: FILTERED WATER, COCONUT OIL, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED (TAPIOCA & POTATO), POTATO STARCH, SALT (SEA SALT), FRUCTOSE, CHEDDAR FLAVOR (VEGAN SOURCES), CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, BLACK SALT (SALT, HERBS), OLIVE EXTRACT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT & BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), VITAMIN B12.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar finely shredded cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzymes and annatto (vegetable color), potato starch, corn starch and calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), aged over 120 days,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Cheese
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

Cheez it double cheesy
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), soybean oil (with tbhq for freshness), modified corn starch, dried potatoes, white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt. contains 2% or less of oat fiber, sugar, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, whey, soy lecithin, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), lactic acid, onion powder, citric acid, buttermilk, dextrose, paprika extract color, annatto extract color, garlic powder, cultured nonfat milk, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, natural flavor, turmeric extract color.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Deli Style Sliced Baby Swiss Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHEESE ENCHILADA
Ingredients: ORGANIC BLACK BEANS, ORGANIC CORN, FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC TOMATO PUREE, ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC CORN TORTILLAS (ORGANIC WHITE CORN COOKED IN WATER WITH A TRACE OF LIME), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES [WITHOUT ANIMAL ENZYMES OR RENNET]), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR], ENZYMES [WITHOUT ANIMAL ENZYMES OR RENNET]), OLIVES, EXPELLER PRESSED HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC GREEN CHILES, ORGANIC BELL PEPPERS, ORGANIC SWEET RICE FLOUR, SPICES, SEA SALT, ORGANIC CILANTRO, ORGANIC GARLIC.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Real Aged Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHEAT MACARONI (ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR), TAPIOCA STARCH, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, NON-ANIMAL ENZYMES), NONFAT DRY MILK, CORN STARCH, ORGANIC COCONUT OIL, WHEY, BUTTER, SALT, CULTURED WHOLE MILK
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized skim milk, organic pasteurized cream, organic nonfat milk, salt, citric acid, organic guar gum, organic locust bean gum, acidophilus and bifidus cultures, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Feta Crumbles Fat free
Ingredients: Fat free feta cheese (pasteurized skim milk*, salt, whey protein concentrate*, cheese cultures, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), cellulose powder added to prevent caking, natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Almond Nut-Thins Pepper Jack Cheese Rice Cracker Snacks with Almonds
Ingredients: rice flour, almonds, pepper jack seasoning [sea salt, rice flour, maltodextrin, whey, dried green , red bell peppers, monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), lactose, spices (including chili pepper and jalapeno pepper), natural flavors, yeast extract, safflower oil, lactic acid, citric acid], safflower oil, potato starch, soy lecithin,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Imitation Cream Cheese
Ingredients: WATER, EXPELLER PROCESSED NATURAL OIL BLEND (SOYBEAN, PALM FRUIT AND OLIVE), MALTODEXTRIN, SOY PROTEIN, TOFU, NON DAIRY LACTIC ACID, BLEND OF NATURAL GUMS (LOCUST BEAN, GUAR, CELLULOSE AND XANTHAN), ORGANIC SUGAR, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

GREEK strawberry cheesecake
Ingredients: Cultured grade a non fat milk, water, strawberry puree, fructose, contains less than 1% of modified corn starch, natural and artificial flavors, black carrot juice (for color), sucralose, citric acid, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), acesulfame potassium, sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
