Chees Roundup
We analyzed 4261 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 19)

Colby Cheese
Ingredients: Organic pasteurized cultured milk, salt, organic annatto, vegetarian enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Grated Parmesan
Ingredients: Organic pasteurized cultured part skim cows' milk, cellulose, salt, vegetarian enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Stringles, Organic String Cheese
Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spinach & cheese ravioli
Ingredients: Ricotta cheese (pasteurized whole milk, vinegar, salt.), fresh spinach, bread crumbs (wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzyme, powdered cellulose to prevent caking), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes powdered cellulose to prevent caking), garlic evo canola oil, black pepper, nutmeg, durum flour (durum flour, niacin, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid.), pasturized liquid whole eggs, spinach powder, filtered water and sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fat Free Cream Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured skim milk solids*, cultured skim milk, calcium caseinate*, salt, sugar*, titanium dioxide (color)*, sodium tripolyphosphate*, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums and/or carrageenan)**, potassium sorbate and calcium propionate (as preservatives)*, corn syrup solids*, modified food starch*, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color), 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

Three Cheese Shells & Cheese
Ingredients: ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE SEASONING (DAIRY PRODUCT SOLIDS, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR WHEAT, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SALT, MILK, CHEDDAR, MONTEREY JACK AND BLUE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, BUTTER OIL, MILK SOLIDS, LACTIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, CREAM, ANNATTO EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, GUM ARABIC, NATURAL FLAVORINGS).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

American Cheese Wow!
Ingredients: Milk, whey, water, soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, salt, sodium citrate, cheese cultures, carrageenan, lactic acid, natural flavor, enzymes, annatto (color), apocarotenal.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Cheese Spread, Mixed Berry
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, sugar, water, whey protein concentrate, corn syrup, raspberries, blueberries, cheese culture, salt, natural flavor, modified food starch, guar gum, vanilla extract, potassium sorbate (preservative), carob bean gum, red 40, citric acid, blue 1, xanthan gum, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Sausage Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich
Ingredients: Croissant: enriched wheat flour (unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron (reduced), thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, whey (milk), mono - and diglycerides, soybean lecithin (soy), natural butter flavor, colored with beta carotene, vitamin a palmitate added), sugar, contains 2% or less of: salt, leavening (yeast), dough conditioner (rye flour, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid, enzymes), non-fat dry milk, soy flour, eggs, preservative (calcium propionate). fully cooked pork sausage patty: pork, water, seasoning (dextrose, spices, sugar, monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed corn protein, caramel color, spice extractive), salt, sodium phosphates. fully cooked egg patty: whole eggs, water, soybean oil, whey solids, modified food starch, nonfat dry milk, salt, xanthan gum, citric acid and artificial butter flavor (partially hydrogenated soybean oil and cottonseed oils, medium chain triglycerides, artificial flavors). pasteurized process american cheese: cultured milk, water, cream, sodium citrate, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), lactic acid, artificial color, enzymes, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Taco Blend
Ingredients: Cheddar and monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color [in cheddar cheese]), taco seasoning (spice, paprika color, granulated onion, granulated garlic, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, extract of paprika color, natural flavor), 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

Cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized nonfat milk and milk, cheese cultures, cornstarch*, salt, monoglyceride*, diglyceride*, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cabot, premium cracker cut slices pepper jack cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cabot, new york extra sharp cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

QUESO FETA DESMORONADO
Ingredients: Feta cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), cellulose powder added to prevent caking, natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Biscuit, Sausage, Egg, & Cheese Sandwich
Ingredients: BISCUIT: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, PALM OIL, BUTTERMILK, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: ISOLATED SOY PRODUCT, SUGAR, BAKING SODA, DEXTROSE, SALT, ACIDIC SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, DATEM, POTASSIUM SORBATE, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, COLORED WITH (ANNATTO AND TURMERIC), XANTHAN GUM, SOY LECITHIN, SOY FLOUR. COOKED SAUSAGE PATTY: PORK, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: POTASSIUM LACTATE, SALT, SUGAR, SPICES, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, CARAMEL COLOR GRILLED EGG PATTY: WHOLE EGGS, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR (BUTTER (CREAM, MILK), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, LIPOLYZED BUTTER OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS), CITRIC ACID, PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE MILK, WATER, CHEESE CULTURE, CREAM, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, ANNATTO, SOY LECITHIN, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Soft-Ripened Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Soft-Ripened Cheese Brie
Ingredients: Pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Toasted four cheese ravioli
Ingredients: 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, granulated garlic, granulated onion, dehydrated parsley, yeast, soybean oil, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), extractives of turmeric and paprika. fried in soybean oil.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sliced cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Filtered water, casein* (milk protein), canola oil, sodium phosphate, enzyme-modified cheese* (milk, cream, salt, natural flavor, enzymes, sodium citrate, mono and diglycerides, sodium phosphate, cheese culture), calcium phosphate, organic rice flour, rice starch, lactic acid (non-dairy), sea salt, carrageenan, organic soy flour, sorbic acid (preservative), carotenal (color), natural flavor, vitamins and minerals, vitamins and minerals: vitamin e, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin c, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin b12, vitamin d3, folic acid, vitamin b6, riboflavin (vitamin b2),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Cheesy Bliss Pepper Jack Style Singles
Ingredients: Filtered water, casein* (milk protein), canola oil, sodium phosphate, jalapeno peppers, calcium phosphate, rice starch, lactic acid (non-dairy), organic rice flour, sea salt, milk*, enzyme-modified cheese* (cream, milk, natural flavor, salt, mono and diglycerides, sodium phosphate, enzymes, cheese culture), jalapeno pepper puree, red bell peppers, carrageenan, salt, cream*, organic soy flour, sorbic acid (preservative), vinegar, natural flavor, milkfat*, cheese culture, yeast extract, citric acid, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, enzymes. vitamins and minerals: vitamin e, acetic acid, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin c, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin b12, vitamin d3, folic acid, vitamin b6, calcium chloride, riboflavin (vitamin b2).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

cookies & cream cheesecake core ice cream
Ingredients: Cream, liquid sugar (sugar, water), skim milk, water, sugar, heavy cream, cocoa (processed with alkali), wheat flour, egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum), milk protein concentrate, coconut oil, brown sugar, eggs, natural flavor, salt, guar gum, carob bean gum, modified food starch (corn), soy lecithin, xanthan gum, baking soda, vanilla extract, carrageenan.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Real cheddar cheese bite size sandwich crackers
Ingredients: rice flour, vegetable oil (palm oil and/or soybean oil), rich starch, cheese powder (whey, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], butter [cream, salt], buttermilk, natural flavors, salt, yeast extract, sunflower oil, paprika extract [color]), dairy whey, sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), potato starch, salt, corn syrup, cellulose gum, nonfat dry milk, oat fiber, soy lecithin (emulsifier), locust bean gum,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

CF Low moisture part-skim finely shredded mozzarella natural cheese, mozzarella
Ingredients: Low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes), potato starch, starch and cellulose powder to prevent caking, natamycin (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

Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Freshly Shredded Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
