Chees Roundup
We analyzed 4261 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 13)

Organic mexican blend cheese
Ingredients: Organic monterey jack cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), organic sharp cheddar cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), organic queso blanco cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, animal enzymes), organic asadero cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, animal enzymes), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
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

Mini string cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Theos traditional feta crumbles fat free
Ingredients: Milk, salt, probiotic cultures and plant-based cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Parmesan & Romano
Ingredients: Parmesan and romano cheese (pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose added to prevent caking.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original crumbled feta cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, powdered cellulose to prevent caking, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate, natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garden vegetable soft spreadable cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk and cream, carrots, bell pepper, salt, onion, guar gum, chive, sorbic acid (to maintain freshness), carob bean gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small curd cottage cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, milk, cream, sea salt, carob bean gum, agar, carbon dioxide (to maintain freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Uncured Italian Salami with Manchego Cheese
Ingredients: FELINO UNCURED SALAMI (PORK, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, ORGANIC SPICES, SUGAR, ORGANIC GARLIC, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURES), MANCHEGO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S MILK, SALT, RENNET, CHEESE CULTURES).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Casalingo
Ingredients: CASALINGO UNCURED SALAMI (PORK, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, ORGANIC WHITE PEPPER, ORGANIC BLACK PEPPER, ORGANIC SPICE, ORGANIC GARLIC, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURES), AGED GOUDA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, SALT, STARTER CULTURE, RENNET).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Provolone cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt, 100% kosher vegetable enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

COLBY JACK deli-sliced colby & monterey jack cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzymes, annatto (vegetable color),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shells & Cheese Dinner
Ingredients: Enriched macaroni (wheat flour, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid); cheese sauce (water, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], soybean oil, whey [from milk], maltodextrin, natural flavors, nonfat dry milk, sodium phosphate, salt, beta carotene and paprika extract [color], sodium alginate, mono - and diglycerides, lactic acid, xanthan gum, sorbic acid).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Savory cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, & vegetarian rennet.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Good & gather two cheese pizza crusts
Ingredients: Pizza crusts (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, palm oil, yeast, cultured dextrose, natural flavor, soy lecithin, salt, enzymes, canola oil, ascorbic acid), low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose), pizza sauce (water, crushed tomato, canola oil, sugar, salt, citric acid, xanthan gum, spices, garlic powder), cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt, annatto [color]), powdered cellulose).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Good & gather mild cheddar cheese finely shredded
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial], annatto [vegetable color]), anti-caking blend (potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mozzarella
Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial]), anti-caking agent (potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Good & gather mozzarella & parmesan finely shredded
Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial]), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial]), anti-caking agent (potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Colby Jack Classic
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial), annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Good & gather italian style finely shredded low
Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial]), smoked provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes [microbial], natural smoke flavor), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial]), asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes [microbial]), romano cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial]), anti-caking powder (corn starch, potato starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Medium cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial), annatto (vegetable color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Miyoko's cream cheese
Ingredients: Organic cashews, filtered water, organic coconut cream, sea salt, organic dried green onions, organic white pepper, cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Extra sharp cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Naturally flavored cheese crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high oleic canola and/or soybean oil (with tbhq and citric acid for freshness), cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto [color]), enzyme modified skim milk cheddar cheese product (pasteurized skim milk, whey and milk protein concentrate, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of: salt, paprika, natural flavor, leavening (yeast, baking soda), yeast extract, color (paprika oleoresin, annatto extract, turmeric extract), enzymes.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Macaroni and cheese pasta
Ingredients: Enriched macaroni (water, durum semolina [wheat], niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), milk with vitamin d3, water, pasteurized process cheese spread (american cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, sodium phosphate, whey protein concentrate, skim milk, salt, milkfat, artificial color), colored cheddar cheese system (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], nonfat milk, whey, salt, annatto extract, natural flavors), liquid margarine (liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, contains less than 2% of vegetable mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate added), contains 2% or less of modified cornstarch, salt, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), annatto color.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Freedom's Choice Creamy cheddar deluxe mac & cheese dinner, creamy cheddar
Ingredients: Enriched macaroni product: wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid; cheddar cheese sauce: cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, whey, canola oil, sodium phosphate, salt, whey protein concentrate, contains less than 2% or less of each of the following: milk, skim milk, sodium alginate, lactic acid, sorbic acid (preservative), cheese culture, apocarotenal (color), enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese Bowl
Ingredients: Cooked enriched pasta (water, enriched pasta [durum wheat semolina, niacin, iron {ferrous sulfate}, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), cheese sauce (water, cheddar club cheese [pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto], maltodextrin, soybean oil, butter [cream, salt], enzyme modified cheese [cheddar and colby cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, water, lactic acid, yeast extract, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, salt, enzymes], whey, nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, salt, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum, annatto, guar gum, citric acid), cooked seasoned braised pork (pork, flavoring, salt), bbq sauce (water, tomato paste, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, onions, molasses, contains 2% or less of: garlic, modified corn starch, salt, dijon mustard [water, vinegar, mustard seed, salt, white wine, fruit pectin, citric acid, tartaric acid, sugar, spice], spices, rochester sauce [distilled vinegar, corn syrup, water, salt, garlic powder, spices, tamarind, flavor], canola oil).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Philadelphia
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, water, whey protein concentrate, honey granules (refinery syrup, honey), contains less than 2% of cane sugar, honey, salt, butter (cream, salt), carob bean gum, guar gum, natural flavor, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
