Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 90)

Door County Reserve Natural 5 Year White Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk and cream, water, whey powder, salt, stabilizers (carob bean and xanthan gums), sorbic acid (preservative)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Brânză granulată 4%
Ingredients: Lapte de vacă degresat pasteurizat, smântână dulce normalizată, sare de uz alimentar, enzime coagulante, culturi starter de microorganisme lactice mezofile. Conţine lactoză.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Berries & Cream Cheese With Icing
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate or reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, palm oil, high fructose corn syrup, contains 2% or less: yeast, mono and diglycerides, cream cheese (cultured milk and cream, salt, carob bean gum), blueberries, corn syrup, dextrose, modified food starch, natural and artificial flavor, sodium stearoyl lactylate, salt, citric acid, potassium sorbate (preservative), artificial color (red 40, blue 1), agar, sodium caseinate, lactic acid, calcium chloride, sodium diacetate, calcium carbonate, mineral oil, gum arabic, soy lecithin, soy flour, lactate, calcium propionate (preservative), sodium phosphate, sodium alginate, enzymes, beta carotene (color), polysorbate 60, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), malted barley flour, nonfat dry milk, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate, vitamin A palmitate, egg, calcium sulfate, wheat starch, mono and diglycerides, titanium dioxide (color), annatto (color), beta carotene (color), yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, red 40, BHA, BHT
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Low-Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, potato starch, tapioca starch, dextrose, food calcium sulfate (added to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepperoni and cheese roll
Ingredients: Pepperoni, Pork, Beef, Salt, Water, Dextrose, Natural resin of Paprika, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Garlic Powde Ntrate, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid, Milk Powder, Soy For $!Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Potassium Broma Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Enzy Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil with Citric A preservative, Calcium Propionate Crysta Provolone Cheese, Pasteurized Milk, Cltures, Salt an Allergen: Contains Milk and Dairy
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

Sharp Cheddar Cheese Slices
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients: SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, YEAST, MILK, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, CINNAMON, MOLASSES, WHEY POWDER, EGG POWDER, CREAM, DEXTROSE, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, POTATO STARCH, PECTIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, DISODIUM DIPHOSPHATE, CITRUS FIBER, CORN FLOUR, SODIUM CARBONATE, SKIM MILK POWDER, COCONUT OIL, CANOLA LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID (ACIDIFIER), SODIUM ALGINATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, GLUCOSE SYRUP, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR), LOCUST BEAN GUM, MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, GUAR GUM, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), ENZYME, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CHEESE CULTURE.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Gluten Free Cheese Tortellini
Ingredients: potato starch, egg, water, corn starch, rice flour, buckwheat flour, egg white, psyllium (fiber), vegetable fiber (bamboo), extra virgin olive oil, dried peas, maize flour, yeast extract, salt, guar gum, filling agent, natural flavor, ricotta cheese (whey, milk, citric acid, acidity regulator), salt, corn flour, Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese (milk, salt, rennet), hard grated cheese (milk, salt, rennet, lactic ferments, egg lysozyme), lactose, salt, skimmed milk powder, milk protein, vegetable fiber (bamboo), sugar, yeast extract, sunflower oil, natural flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garlic Butter with Parmesan Cheese & Basil
Ingredients: BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SALT, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, KOSHER ENZYMES), GARLIC, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, BASIL
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pecorino Romano & Parmesan Cheese Blend
Ingredients: PECORINO ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ANIMAL RENNET), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ANIMAL RENNET)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Toasted Ravioli Spinach & Cheese
Ingredients: enriched extra fancy durum flour, semolina, niacin, iron (ferrous sulfate), thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, ricotta cheese (milk, cream, vinegar, salt, guar gum, xanthan gum), spinach, asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese sauce (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, food starch-modified, contains 2% or less of sodium phosphate, milk protein concentrate, natural flavor, milkfat, salt, lactic acid), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum), shredded mozzarella cheese (low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese [cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes]), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), whole eggs, bread crumbs (wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt), corn starch, salt, dehydrated garlic, spices, enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, modified corn starch, sugar, spices, dextrose, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, dehydrated parsley, yeast, soybean oil, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), extractives of turmeric and paprika, soybean oil
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Toasted Ravioli Spinach & Cheese
Ingredients: enriched extra fancy durum flour, semolina, niacin, iron, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, ricotta cheese (milk, cream, vinegar, salt, guar gum, xanthan gum), spinach, asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese sauce (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, food starch-modified, contains 2% or less of sodium phosphate, milk protein concentrate, natural flavor, milkfat, salt, lactic acid), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum), shredded mozzarella cheese (low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese [cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes]), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), whole eggs, bread crumbs (wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt), corn starch, salt, dehydrated garlic, spices, enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, modified corn starch, salt, sugar, contains less than 2% of spices, dextrose, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, dehydrated parsley, yeast, soybean oil, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), extractives of turmeric and paprika, fried in soybean oil
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas
Ingredients: TORTILLA: BLEACHED, ENRICHED, FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED, IRON, THIAMINE, MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENTED SOYBEAN OIL), LESS THAN 2% OF: MONO AND DI-GLYCERIDES, SUGAR, BAKING POWDER (CORN STARCH, SODIUM, BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, CALCIUM PROPIONATE AND FUMARIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), GUAR GUM, YEAST, L-DOUGH CONDITIONER (L-CYSTEINE). FILLING: CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST, SALT, SPICES), CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE COLOR, ENZYMES), CHEESE SAUCE {EVAPORATED MILK (MILK, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, DEXTROSE, VITAMIN D3), CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE COLOR, ENZYMES), AMERICAN CHEESE [MILK, WATER, DAIRY PRODUCT SOLIDS, SODIUM CITRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CHEESE CULTURE, CITRIC ACID, COLOR ADDED, CREAM, ENZYMES, MILKFAT, SALT, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), SOY LECITHIN], WATER, CORN - STARCH, GRANULATED GARLIC, DRY MUSTARD; SALT.}, GREEN CHILES (GREEN CHILES, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID). ALLERGENS: MILK, WHEAT, SOY
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Colby jack cheese
Ingredients: Colby cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, potato starch, tapioca starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, natamycin. Contains: milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

New York style cheesecake
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk and cream, nonfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized grade A nonfat milk, maltodextrin, milk protein concentrate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3, live active cultures), cane sugar, egg white, coating (palm kernel oil, sunflower oil, sugar, skim milk powder, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor), water, enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, oat fiber, canola oil, graham flour, palm oil, brown sugar, salt, natural flavors, carob bean gum, guar gum, honey, lemon oil, lemon juice, baking soda.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp cheddar shredded cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, color added, potato starch, tapioca starch, dextrose, and calcium sulfate (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor). Contains: milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, COLOR ADDED, POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, DEXTROSE, CALCIUM SULFATE, NATAMYCIN. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cooper Sharp White American Cheese
Ingredients: cultured milk, water, cream, sodium phosphate, salt, enzymes
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pizza stick cheeseburger
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR, WATER, COOKED BEEF PATTIE CRUMBLES, REDUCED FAT CHEDDAR CHEESE, VEGETABLE OIL, CATSUP, ONIONS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, MUSTARD, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND, WHEY, BUTTERMILK, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR, CHEDDAR CHEESE, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SOY LECITHIN, ANNATTO, TURMERIC COLOR, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, LACTIC ACID, DEXTRIN, ENZYME MODIFIED MILK FAT, CALCIUM LACTATE, ACETIC ACID, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, METHYLCELLULOSE, SOY FLOUR, EGG WHITES. CONTAINS: EGG, WHEAT, MILK, SOY.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: water, enriched cavatappi pasta [semolina, egg whites, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], monterey jack cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whole milk [milk, vitamin d3], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], heavy cream [cream, fat free milk], pasteurized process yellow american cheese [american cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, cream, sodium citrate, salt, organic fruit and vegetable juice color, paprika extract color], butter [sweet cream, salt], rice flour, sea salt, corn starch, black pepper, organic cayenne pepper, nutmeg
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chester's Fries Chili Cheese
Ingredients: enriched comeal corn meal, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), and less than 2% of corn maltodextrin, salt, whey, spices, natural and artificial flavors, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese ctures, salt, enzymes), garlic powder, dextrose, cream, potassium salt, torula yeast, gum acacia, swiss cheese (milk, cheese cultures, cait, enzymes), sodium diacetate, butter (cream, salt), sour cream (cultured cream, skim milk), colby cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), artificial color (yellow 6, yellow 5), yeast extract, jalapeño peppers, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate. contains milk ingredients.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheesy beef and bean burrito
Ingredients: Yellow Cheddar Cheese, Ground Beef, Water, Chipotle Sauce, Pinto Beans, Sunflower Oil, Corn Starch, Tomato Paste, Onions, Potato Starch, Garlic, Sea Salt, Jalapeño Peppers, Onion Powder, Spices, Wheat Flour, Canola Oil, Cane Sugar, Organic Whole Wheat Flour, Natural Enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored
Ingredients: Potato, palm oil, Buldak Quattro Cheese Seasoning (sugar, salt, corn syrup, enzyme modified cheese powder [cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), milk, nonfat milk powder, mozzarella cheese powder (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, artificial cheese flavor, milk powder, onion powder, hydrolyzed soybean powder, lactose, sodium caseinate, butter powder, maltodextrin, powdered flavor, sunflower oil, spices, garlic powder, milk cream, natural cheese powder, capsicum oleoresin, disodium phosphate, black pepper powder, lactic acid, artificial flavors, gum (guar, titanium dioxide, phosphate, white milk powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, monoglyceride, citric acid, lactic acid bacteria, enzyme), habanero pepper oleoresin), salt
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Queso Blanco Easy Melt White Pasteurized Process American Cheese
Ingredients: American Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Vegetable Color, if Colored), Water, Cream, Sodium Phosphate, Color Added, Salt, Sorbic Acid (Added as Preservative).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fritos creamy cheese
Ingredients: Commeal, Potato Flour, Vegetable Oil, Creamy Cheese, Identical Flavors, Cheese Powder, Acids, Salt, Spices). For Food Purposes Contains Milk and may contain traces of Gluten, Peanuts, Fish
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Cheddar Cheese Balls
Ingredients: Cornmeal, Sunflower Oil, Seasoning Flavor (Whey, Nonfat Milk, Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sea Salt, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Lactic Acid, Natural Flavors, Paprika Extract (Color), Yeast Extract).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Broccoli cheddar cheesy bites
Ingredients: Broccoli, cheddar cheese (organic pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, sea salt, vegetable enzymes), expeller pressed canola oil and/or sunflower oil, wheat flour, onions, cooked navy beans (navy beans, water), cooked quinoa (quinoa, water), enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), spinach, water, potato flakes, oat fiber, arrowroot powder, garlic, salt, corn starch, yellow corn flour, natural flavor, whole oats, oat bran, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), sugar, yeast extract, cane sugar, dextrose, spices (including celery seed), dried parsley, rice flour, black pepper, smoked paprika, paprika extract, garlic powder, onion powder. Contains: milk, wheat.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
