Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 83)

Classic Fresh Goat Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED GOATS' MILK, SALT, CULTURE, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Naturally rising crust four cheese pizza
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEESES (LOW MOISTURE PART SKIM MOZZARELLA AND PARMESAN CHEESES [PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHITE CHEDDAR AND PROVOLONE CHEESES [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES]), WATER, TOMATO PASTE, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: VEGETABLE OIL (PALM, SOYBEAN, OLIVE AND/OR CANOLA OIL), DEGERMED YELLOW CORNMEAL, SUGAR, SALT, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SEA SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONER (ENZYMES, CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: DATEM, CALCIUM CARBONATE, WHEAT GLUTEN, GUAR GUM, ASCORBIC ACID), SPICE, DEXTROSE, DRIED GARLIC, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, WHEAT STARCH.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Colby Jack
Ingredients: COLBY CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), ANTI-CAKING BLEND (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, NATAMYCIN
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

String Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART SKIM ORGANIC MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES. CONTAINS: MILK. 5%
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mexican 4 Cheese Farmstyle Shreds
Ingredients: Medium cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), queso quesadilla cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), asadero cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), potato starch (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic mild cheddar macaroni cheese
Ingredients: Organic pasta (organic wheat flour), organic whey, organic cultured cream, organic nonfat milk, salt, organic butter (organic pasteurized cream, salt), organic dried cheddar cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), organic corn starch, organic annatto extract (for color), citric acid, lactic acid, sodium phosphate, silicon dioxide (for anticaking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sliced Pepper Jack
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, jalapeno peppers, cheese culture, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

SWISS 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

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

Cheese Balls
Ingredients: CORN MEAL, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWINGS: COTTONSEED, CORN, CANOLA, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER), WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MILKFAT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW #6, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, YELLOW #5, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. CONTAINS NO PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED FATS. THIS IS A GLUTEN FREE FOOD.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Organic Shells and White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: organic pasta shells (organic durum wheat, organic wheat), organic white cheddar cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes) organic whey, salt, disodium phosphate, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Mexican Style a blend of cheddar, monterey jack, asadero & quesadilla finely shredded cheeses
Ingredients: cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk cheese culture, salt microbial enzymes, annatto (colori), monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microrial enzymes), asadero cheese (pasteurized milk cheese culture, salt, microbial enzymeseso blanco cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture salt, microbial enzymes), potato starch, corn starch and calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
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
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Queso Fresco Part Skim Milk Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk and skim milk, sea salt and enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan Cheese Grated
Ingredients: PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CELLULOSE POWDER (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO PROTECT FLAVOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baked Cheese Crackers Original
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (high oleic canola, high oleic sunflower and/or soybean oil with rosemary extract and ascorbic acid for freshness), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract [color]), salt, paprika, leavening (yeast, baking soda), color (paprika extract, turmeric extract, annatto extract), enzymes
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated Parmesan and Romano Cheese
Ingredients: PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES ROMANO CHEESE MADE FROM COW'S MILK (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE, SALT, POTASSIUM SORBATE.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Seriously Strawberry Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, SUGAR, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, STRAWBERRIES, SKIM MILK, DRIED STRAWBERRIES, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE (COLOR), PECTIN, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, CONTAINS: MILK
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

COLBY JACK a blend of colby & monterey jack finely shredded cheeses
Ingredients: colby cheese curel pasteurized milk, salt, microbenzymes annatto [vegetable color]), mtere jack cheese (cultured pasteurizo mk salt, microbial enzymes), anti-caking blend (potato starch, tapioca starch, natayon [a natural mold inhibitor]), contains ilk, di 0% h keep refrigerated, for bestality, use or freeze by date on fror once opened, use within 5 days, may be frozen for up to 2 months before opening, refreezing not recommended, astic how2recycle,inf
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Parmesan Cheese Flavor Pasta
Ingredients: wheat flour, palm oil, whey, salt, corn syrup solids, parmesan cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, cultured nonfat buttermilk, maltodextrin, natural flavor, sodium caseinate, modified cornstarch, potassium phosphate, parsley*, onions*, basil, lactic acid, niacinamide, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, yellow 5, yellow 6 lake, yellow 6, riboflavin, folic acid, *dried
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar and Monterey Jack Cheeses (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto [Vegetable Color in Cheddar Cheese]), Potato Starch, Natamycin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Protein Puffs Nacho Cheese flavored
Ingredients: milk protein isolate, sunflower oil, skim milk, salt, buttermilk, sour cream solids, whey, whey protein concentrate, chili pepper, onion, garlic, milk , cheese sugar, enzymes, lactic acid, butter oil, corn syrup, guar gum, flavors, yeast extract, maltodextrin, spice and color, natural flavors, citric acid, silicon dioxide, cornstarch, disodium phosphate
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Spreadable Cheese Wedges
Ingredients: CHEDDAR AND SEMISOFT on Facts CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND ntainer S g 1 wedge (19g) 25 % Daily Value* PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WATER, SKIM MILK, SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATE, LESS THAN 2% OF EACH: TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CITRIC ACID, VITAMINS (CHOLECALCIFEROL [VITAMIN D] AND VITAMIN A ACETATE). CONTAINS: MILK. 2% BEL BRANDS USA 5% CHICAGO, IL 60606 CALL US AT 1-800-272-1224 2% www.thelaughingcow.com g 7% drate 1g 0% g 0% 9 dded Sugars 0% *TOTAL FAT PER SERVING: ORIGINAL 3.5g/LIGHT 1.5g The Laughing Cow
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mini Reduced Fat Semisoft Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized cultured part-skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
