Chees Roundup
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Detailed Reviews (Page 73)

Natural Cheese Cheddar Jack Shredded Cheddar & Monterey Jack Cheeses
Ingredients: CHEDDAR 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

Extra Sharp Cheddar 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

Cottage Cheese with Chive
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK, MILK AND CREAM, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVOR, ONION AND CHIVE, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM, SORBIC ACID AND CARBON DIOXIDE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

cheesecake
Ingredients: MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, XANTHAN GUM, ASPARTAME (SWEETENER), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (CONTAINS BARLEY), CALCIUM SULFATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENER), MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic Cheese Pizza
Ingredients: CRUST: (WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, CORN OIL, YEAST, SALT), WHOLE MILK MOZZARELLA CHEESE: (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SAUCE: (TOMATO PUREE, WATER, OREGANO, SALT, BLACK PEPPER).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

BelGioioso Sharp Provolone Cheese
Ingredients: CRAFTED FROM CULTURED MILK, ENZYMES, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Asiago Cheese
Ingredients: CRAFTED FROM CULTURED MILK, ENZYMES, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese Slices
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
Ingredients: ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID); CHEESE SAUCE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR)], WHEY CANOLA OIL, SODIUM PH
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

mac & cheese
Ingredients: enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, glyceryl monostearate, niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), cheese sauce mix (whey, milk, corn syrup solids, milkfat, palm oil, modified food starch, milk protein concentrate, salt, maltodextrin, contains less than 2% of calcium carbonate, sodium triphosphate, medium chain triglycerides, dried buttermilk, sodium phosphate, citric acid, cream, lactic acid, calcium phosphate, cheese culture, nonfat dry milk, guar gum, with paprika, turmeric, and annatto added for color, enzymes, natural flavor, xanthan gum), modified food starch, maltodextrin, potassium chloride, acetylated monoglycerides, salt, medium chain triglycerides, contains: wheat, milk
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Crumbled feta cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes, potato starch (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Light String Cheese
Ingredients: LIGHT LOW MOISTURE PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, VITAMIN A PALMITATE).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar Cheese Crisps
Ingredients: cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto (color)).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lowfat Cottage Cheese Small Curd 1% Milkfat
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, nonfat milk, contains less than 2% of: whey, salt, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, carrageenan, mono - and diglycerides, locust bean gum, natural flavor, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), vitamin a palmitate, enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, water, sugar, strawberries, orange solids, cheese culture salt, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums), natural flavor, modified food starch, preservatives (sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), blue 1 (color), red 40 (color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese
Ingredients: SAUCE (WATER, PASTEURIZED PROCESS WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE [CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SALT], SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CAYENNE PEPPER PUREE [CAYENNE PEPPERS, SALT, ACETIC ACID], NONFAT MILK,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Fries Halloumi-Style Cheese Sticks
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crumbled Feta Chesse, Tomato Basil
Ingredients: Feta cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose to prevent caking, dried tomatoes, dried basil, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzel Pieces Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Canola, Palm, Soybean and/or Sunflower), Whey, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Corn Maltodextrin, Salt, Buttermilk, Monosodium Glutamate, Yeast, Natural Flavor, Sodium Caseinate, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Turmeric Extract (for Color), Annatto Extract (for Color), Paprika Extract (for Color), Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate, Soda.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: skim milk, whole milk. cream, sea salt, lactase enzyme, live and active cultures (Lactococcus ssp., Lactobacillus ssp.) CONTAINS: pasteurized milk TREATED
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cranberry Cinnamon Goat Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized goat's milk, dried cranberries, cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil, sea salt, cinnamon, potassium sorbate, bacterial culture, microbial enzymes
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Vegan Cream Cheese Alternative
Ingredients: WATER, COCONUT OIL, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, CHICKPEA PROTEIN, SUGAR, SALT. NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM CITRATE, DEACTIVATED YEAST, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM, NISIN.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Gluten free cheddar cheese biscuits
Ingredients: biscuit mix: white rice flour, sugar, palm shortening, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch), potato starch, buttermilk powder (buttermilk, buttermilk solids), salt, baking soda, garlic powder, xanthan gum, lactic acid, seasoning mix: garlic powder, yeast extract, onion powder, natural butter flavor (maltodextrin, natural flavors), parsley, contains: milk,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese with Pineapple
Ingredients: Cottage Cheese (Cultured Skim Milk, Cream, Salt), Pineapple Fruit Preparation (Pineapple, Water, Cane Sugar, Corn Starch, Fruit Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Doritos Nacho Cheese
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (sunflower oil, canola oil, corn oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, monosodium glutamate, buttermilk, romano cheese (part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey protein concentrate, onion powder, corn flour, natural and artificial flavor, dextrose, tomato powder, lactose, spices, artificial color (yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40), lactic acid, citric acid, sugar, garlic powder, skim milk, red and green bell pepper powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, potassium chloride, sodium caseinate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Shells & Cheese
Ingredients: ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHEY, NONFAT DRY MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF:, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, COLOR [BETA CAROTENE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT], LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Fruit and Nut Packs
Ingredients: sharp cheddar cheese with potato starch ([pasteurized milk, bacterial cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto], potato starch, natamycin), fruit & nut blend (cashews, cranberries, sugar, sea salt, peanut oil and/or sunflower oil). contains: milk, cashews, peanuts. may contain: other tree nuts. ingrédients : fromage cheddar fort avec fécule de pomme de terre ([lait pasteurisé, cultures bactériennes, sel, enzymes, rocou], fécule de pomme de terre, natamycine), mélange de fruits et de noix (noix de cajou, canneberges, sucre, sel de mer, huile d'arachide et/ou huile de tournesol). contient: lait, noix de cajou, arachides. peut contenir : autres noix. ingredients: white cheddar cheese with potato starch ([pasteurized milk, bacterial cultures, salt, enzymes], potato starch, natamycin), fruit & nut blend (almonds, cranberries, sugar, sea salt, oil [almond oil and/or canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil]). contains: milk, almonds. may contain: other tree nuts, peanuts. ingrédients: fromage cheddar blanc avec fécule de pomme de terre ([lait pasteurisé, cultures bactériennes, sel, enzymes], fécule de pomme de terre, natamycine), mélange de fruits et de noix (amandes, canneberges, sucre, sel de mer, huile [huile d'amande et/ou huile de canola et/ou huile de carthame et/ou huile de tournesol]). contient: lait, amandes. peut contenir : autres noix, arachides.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Macaroni & cheese
Ingredients: CHEDDAR CHEESE, PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, WATER, MARGARINE, LIQUID AND HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ANNATTO EXTRACT, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, EGG, MILK, SOY, WHEAT, COOKED MACARONI, SEMOLINA, WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Mexican 4 Cheeze Shreds
Ingredients: filtered water, tapioca flour, coconut oil, expeller pressed canola and/or safflower oil, vegan natural flavor, chickpea protein, salt, tricalcium phosphate, lactic acid, konjac gum, xanthan gum, yeast extract, fruit and/or vegetable juice color, annatto color, turmeric color, nutritional yeast, potassium chloride.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
