Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 76)

COTTAGE CHEESE SMALL CURD
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK AND CREAM, WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, SALT VITAMIN A PALMITATE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic shells and white cheddar
Ingredients: Organic Pasta (organic wheat flour), Organic Dried Cheddar Cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), Organic Whey, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Silicon Dioxide (for anticaking). CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Classic Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: organic whole milk, organic cream, celtic sea salt, live and active cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Doritos Minis Nacho Cheese
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (sunflower, canola, and/or 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), romano cheese (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
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Chunky Blue Cheese Yogurt Dressing & Dip
Ingredients: BUTTERMILK (CULTURED NONFAT MILK), BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, MILK, SODIUM CITRATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, SALT, ENZYMES, PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI), YOGURT (CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A MILK, CREAM, PECTIN), SOYBEAN OIL, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SOUR CREAM, SALT, EGG YOLKS, REDUCED ACID PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, XANTHAN GUM, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, MUSTARD SEED
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

MOZZARELLA DELI-SLICED CHEESE
Ingredients: pasteurized part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Pasteurized Process Cheese Product
Ingredients: whey, milk, milk protein concentrate, modified food starch, canola oil, sodism citrate, contains less than 2% of gelatin, salt, calcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, sorbic acid as a preservative, milkfat, cheese culture, paprika extract and annatto (color), enzymes, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate, contains: milk,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Lovers Tortelloni
Ingredients: Filling (ricotta (whey, milk, cream, vinegar), mascarpone cheese (pasteurized milk, pasteurized cream, citric acid), parmigiano reggiano cheese (cow's milk, salt, rennet), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes), bread crumbs (wheat flour, yeast, salt), pecorino romano cheese (sheep's milk, rennet, salt), chicory root fiber, corn starch and potato fiber, potato starch, dehydrated potatoes, vegetable fiber, natural flavors, salt). pasta (durum wheat flour, eggs, water).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, WHEY 2%, SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, COCONUT OIL, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), LACTIC ACID, NONFAT MILK, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, TURMERIC EXTRACT (COLOR), YEAST EXTRACT, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, WHEAT STARCH.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Grated Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Microbial Enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

heese
Ingredients: Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto [Color]), Modified Cornstarch Added to Prevent Caking, Natamycin (a Natural Mold Inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, organic milk and organic cream, organic nonfat milk, salt, tri-calcium phosphate, organic locust bean gum, citric acid, carrageenan, microbial enzyme, (non-animal, rennetless), carbon dioxide (to protect flavor), and live and active cultures: l acidophilus and bififdobacterium bifidum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mozzarella Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), 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

Thick & creamy macaroni & cheese
Ingredients: Enriched macaroni (wheat flour, durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese sauce mix (whey, dehydrated cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], modified cornstarch, salt, maltodextrin, whey protein concentrate, natural flavors, color added [annatto extract], yeast extract, lactic acid powder [lactic acid, calcium lactate]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan
Ingredients: parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), 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

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

Colby-Jack Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

3 Cheese & Kale Bake
Ingredients: organic rice pasta (organic rice flour, filtered water), organic lowfat _milk_, white cheddar and monterey jack cheeses (pasteurized milk, culture, salt, enzymes), organic kale, butter (cream, salt), organic sweet rice flour, filtered water, organic onions, organic rice flour, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes), sea salt, organic tapioca starch, organic potatoes, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic agave syrup, mustard powder, organic high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic brown rice vinegar (filtered water, organic brown rice, salt, koji spores), organic bell peppers, yeast, organic potato flour, organic cane sugar, spices, organic rice bran extract, organic jalapeño peppers, organic garlic
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Pizza
Ingredients: organic unbleached _wheat_ flour, filtered water, part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim _milk_, culture, salt, enzymes), organic tomato purée, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic honey, sea salt, organic red onions, expeller pressed high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, yeast, spices, organic garlic, black pepper
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheesy roasted garlic parmesan pasta sauce
Ingredients: water, soybean oil, cream, parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), modified corn starch, enzyme modified egg yolk, whey, romano cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), roasted garlic, salt, autolyzed yeast extract, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum, whey protein concentrate, garlic powder, spice, natural flavor,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Bunny Pasta With Yummy Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: ORGANIC PASTA (ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR), DRIED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, NON-ANIMAL ENZYMES), WHEY, NONFAT MILK, BUTTER, SALT, CULTURED WHOLE MILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, ANNATTO EXTRACT (FOR COLOR), SILICON
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Probiotic Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: ORGANIC SKIM MILK, ORGANIC CREAM, ORGANIC NONFAT MILK POWDER, L. ACIDOPHILUS, B. BIFIDUM AND 4 STRAINS OF LACTIC CULTURES, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated Parmesan & Romano Cheese
Ingredients: PARMESAN AND ROMANO CHEESE (PASTERURIZED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PROTECT FLAVOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crumbled Feta Cheese Original
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: WHEY, MILK, VINEGAR, AND XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM (STABILIZERS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low moisturepart skim mozarella cheese
Ingredients: PEEL NOLLO PAT-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE FOR NUT ITION INFORMATION GALI: 833-476-5596 INGREDIINTS: PASTEURIZED PART-SHIM MILK, VINEGAR, SALT, ENZYMES (HON-ANIMAL), CONTAINS: MILK DISTRIBUTED BY BELGICIOSO CHEESE INC DENMARK, WI 54208 CHOKING WARNING: FOR CHILOREN UNDER 4, CUT STICKS LENGTHWISE AND CROSSHISE INTO SMALL, BITE-SIZED PIECES CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEATED AND SUPERVISED WHILE EATING SAFETY FIRST OPEN THE WRAPPER WITH YOUR HAMDS, NOT YOUR TEETH KEEP REFRIGERATED 0 '210220? intel evo
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Extra Sharp Yellow
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized nonfat milk and milk fat, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

blueberry
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, sugar, blueberry puree, whey protein concentrate, dried blueberries, water, salt, food starch-modified, carob bean gum, guar gum, color added, sorbic acid (as a preservative), natural flavor, xanthan gum, vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, vegetarian enzymes, cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
