Chees Roundup
We analyzed 2974 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 99)

Mogu litchi
Ingredients: water, lychee juice from concentrate 25%, coconut 25%, fructose, sucrose, acidifiers (citric acid, calcium lactate), lychee flavor, preservative e211, gelling agent: gellan gum, color: e129 - 0.0001% (this dye may have adverse effects on activity and attention in children),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CREAM CHEESE SPREAD
Ingredients: pasteurized milk and cream, whey protein concentrate, whey, salt, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, guar gum, sorbic acid (as a preservative), vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Traditional icelandic blueberry bilberry skyr, blueberry bilberry
Ingredients: Skyr (Pasteurized Lowfat Milk, Live and Active Cultures), Fruits (Wild Blueberries, Bilberries), Cane Sugar, Pectin, Natural Flavors, Carob Bean Gum, Fruit Juice Concentrate (For Color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low Fat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A SKIM MILK, MILK AND CREAM, WHEY, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

original cream cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk and cream, salt, carob bean gum, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Whipped Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, SKIM MILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, SORBIC ACID (AS A PRESERVATIVE), GUAR GUM, LACTIC ACID, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CHEESE CULTURE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whipped original
Ingredients: nutrition facts amount/serving % baily vaiza ancantseving 5% sodium 85mg saturated fat 2.5g 12% total carbohydrte dietary fiber og total sugars fg includes og ate cholesterol 15mg 5% protein 1g total fat 4g trans fat og polysaturated fat og serving size 2 tbsp (22g) monosaturated fat 1g hot 10 senings per container calories 50 serving vitamin d 0% • calcium 0% iron 0% potassum he edents: pasteurized milk and cream, skim milk, whey protern concertrate, odified food starch, salt, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, lactic adu, cn (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin a palmítate, cheese culture saturated fat per sering this product 22 25g 7g. cantains: mlk ez foods company kraftheinz cao il 6o601 usa creamcheese.com 1-800-634-1984 butter (149) kraf t foods
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shells & Real Aged Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: Organic Pasta (organic wheat flour), Dried Cheddar Cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), Whey, Salt, Corn Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Silicon Dioxide (for anticaking), Lactic Acid, Annatto Extract (for color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shells & White Cheddar
Ingredients: Organic pasta (organic wheat flour), dried cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), whey, butter, nonfat milk, salt, sodium phosphate, silicon dioxide (for anticaking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

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

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

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

Cream Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cheese Heads String Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Vanilla Yogurt
Ingredients: pasteurized skim milk, organic agave nectar, madagascar bourbon vanilla, fruit pectin, live active cultures live active cultures: s, thermophilus, l, delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus, b, lactis, l, acidophilus, l, delbrueckii subsp, lactis
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Burrito Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Organic pinto beans, organic whole wheat, organic wheat flour, filtered water, organic brown rice, organic tomato puree, cheddar and monterey jack cheeses (pasteurized milk, culture, salt, enzymes, expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil, expeller pressed high oleic sunflower oil, organic onions, organic bell peppers, sea salt, organic sweet rice flour, spices, organic wheat gluten, organic garlic.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Three cheese pomodoro pasta sauce
Ingredients: Italian Tomatoes, Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Olive Oil, Onion, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Microbial Enzymes, Modified Food Starch), Romano Cheese Made From Cow's Milk (Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Microbial Enzymes, Modified Food Starch), Asiago Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Microbial Enzymes, Modified Food Starch), Citric Acid, Dried Basil, Dried Oregano. Garlic Puree (Garlic, Water)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Seriously Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic Potato Chips
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

mac & cheese original flavor
Ingredients: Enriched macaron (wheat flour, durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), cheese sauce mix (whey, milkfat, milk protein concentrate, salt sodium triphosphate, contains less than 2% of citric acid, lactic acid, sodium phosphate, calcium phosphate, with paprika, turmeric, and annatto added for color, enzymes, cheese culture),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dairylea processed cheese-portions regular
Ingredients: skimmed milk (water, skimmed milk powder), cheese, milk fat, skimmed milk powder, stabilisers (citric acid, sodium carbonate), milk protein, whey powder (from milk), calcium phosphate, inulin, emulsifying salt (triphosphate),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Sauce Mix
Ingredients: ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, MILKFAT, SALT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE, TAPIOCA FLOUR, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, PAPRIKA, TURMERIC, ANNATTO, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking), potassium sorbate (added to protect flavor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salsa Con Queso
Ingredients: WATER, SKIM MILK, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUICE, JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, CHILE PEPPERS, RED BELL PEPPERS, MALTODEXTRIN (CORN), 2% SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DATEM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mac & Cheese Original
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, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, MILK, PALM OIL, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MILKFAT, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, 2% CALCIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, DRIED BUTTERMILK, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CREAM, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NONFAT DRY MILK, GUAR GUM, CHEESE CULTURE, PAPRIKA (ADDED FOR COLOR), TURMERIC (ADDED FOR COLOR), ANNATTO (ADDED FOR COLOR), SILICON DIOXIDE, ENZYMES, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM); MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, SALT, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Aged White Cheddar Rice & Corn Puffs
Ingredients: CORNMEAL, RICE FLOUR, SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, BUTTERMILK, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID, BLACK PEPPER, LACTIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
