Chees Roundup
We analyzed 4261 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 20)

Pimento Spread
Ingredients: Imitation salad cheese (water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, starch, whey, casein and/or caseinate, salt, natural flavor, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid [as a preservative], artificial color, lactic acid), salad dressing (soybean oil, water, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, egg yolks, salt, less than 1/10 of 1% sodium benzoate, less than 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate), pimentos, water, sweet bell peppers (bell peppers, water, citric acid), cheese sauce (whey, food starch-modified, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, whey protein concentrate, less than 2% buttermilk solids, sodium phosphate, cream, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6), whey, cheese flavor (dehydrated blend of cheese (granular and blue [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, citric acid, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6), potassium sorbate (as a preservative).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Ranchero Queso Fresco 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

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

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

Muenster cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (for natural color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Italian Blend Shredded Cheese
Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes) parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), potato starch (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Thick Slices Pepper Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, jalapeno peppers, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Medium Cheddar Natural Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (for natural color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Skim milk, milk, cream, lactose, salt, stabilizer (maltodextrin, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum), citric acid, carbon dioxide and potassium sorbate (maintain freshness), cheese cultures.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized skim milk, whey protein concentrate, cream, whey, salt, modified food starch, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, and enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whales Baked Cheese Crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), vegetable oils (sunflower, canola and/or soybean), cheddar cheese blend (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], maltodextrin, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], maltodextrin, salt, whey, corn syrup solids, disodium phosphate, sour cream powder [cream, cultures, lactic acid, cultured nonfat dry milk, citric acid], natural flavors, yeast extract, soybean oil, lactic acid, citric acid), yeast extract, natural color (annatto and oleoresin paprika), sugar, salt, citric acid, baking soda (leavening), paprika, turmeric, garlic powder, onion powder, spice, tricalcium phosphate.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Red baron, singles deep dish pizzas, cheese
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), tomato past, palm oil, yeast, contains 2% or less of: vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola oil), sugar, nonfat milk, salt, modified food starch, spice, maltodextrin, garlic, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, paprika, natural flavor, onion, garlic powder, dough conditioner (wheat starch, l-cysteine hydrochloride, ammonium sulfate), defatted soy flour, soy lecithin, annatto (color), ascorbic acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pizza, Supreme, Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), cooked pizza topping (sausage [pork, mechanically separated chicken, spices, water, salt, sugar, garlic powder], water, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, salt]), vegetable blend (green and red pepper, onion), tomato paste, pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef (pork, mechanically separated chicken, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of: water, dextrose, spices, smoke flavoring, lactic acid starter culture, sodium ascorbate, flavoring, garlic powder sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid, contains one or more of: paprika, oleoresin of paprika), contains 2% or less of: yeast, palm oil, sugar, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola oil), salt, modified food starch, spice, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, dried garlic, paprika, wheat starch, l-cysteine hydrochloride, ammonium sulfate, soy lecithin, natural flavor, enzymes (contains wheat), ascorbic acid.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

Four Cheese Pizza
Ingredients: cheese blend (low moisture part skim mozzarella, fontina , parmesan cheeses [cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], asiago cheese [cultures pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes]), sauce (crushed tomatoes [water, concentrated crushed tomatoes], tomato puree [water, tomato paste], sugar, salt, spices, soybean oil, citric acid, garlic, dehydrated onion, romano cheese [cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], onion powder), water, tapioca starch, rice flour, rice starch, contains 2% or less of: vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola oil), dried whey, yeast, shortening (palm oil, natural flavor, soy lecithin), sugar, salt, xanthan gum, dried garlic,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Large Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Skim milk, milk, cream, lactose, salt, stabilizer (maltodextrin, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum), citric acid, carbon dioxide and potassium sorbate (maintain freshness), cheese cultures.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Cheese buns
Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, sugar, vegetable oil (soybean and/or palm), eggs, neufchatel cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), vegetable shortening (palm oil), dextrose, milk, yeast, whey, soy flour, nonfat milk, mono - and diglycerides, modified cornstarch, salt, natural & artificial flavors, tapioca maltodextrin, tapioca dextrin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, milk protein concentrate, corn flour, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, sodium propionate), calcium carbonate, lactic acid, maltodextrin, soy lecithin, artificial color, cinnamon, citric acid, agar, spice & coloring, xanthan gum, lemon juice concentrate, glycerin, phosphoric acid, calcium sulfate, cellulose gum, sorbitan monostearate, vitamin a palmitate, beta carotene (color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid
- ● High Sugar Content

Pizzeria, Four Cheese Pizza
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), water, fontina cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), concentrated crushed tomatoes, parmesan and pecorino romano cheese blend (parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], pecorino romano cheese [pasteurized sheep milk, starter cultures, salt, enzymes], salt), 2% or less of canola oil, extra virgin olive oil, salt, sugar, yeast, spices, malted barley flour, garlic puree (garlic, vinegar).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nonfat Cottage Cheese With Added Pineapple
Ingredients: Nonfat cottage cheese (cultured pasteurized skim milk, nonfat milk, whey protein concentrate, whey, nonfat milk solids, maltodextrin, salt, modified food,starch, color added, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate and enzyme) and pineapple base [pineapple, modified food starch, salt, sodium citrate, citric acid, and aspartame*] and potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, cream, nonfat milk, salt, locust bean gum, carrageenan, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

4% milkfat cottage cheese
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, cream, nonfat milk, salt, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Main St Bistro, Signature Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: Cooked enriched macaroni (wheat flour, egg, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), milk, water, pasteurized process cheese spread (american cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, sodium phosphate, whey protein concentrate, skim milk, salt, milkfat, artificial color), cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), margarine (vegetable oil blend [liquid soybean oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil], water, salt, whey, soy lecithin, vegetable mono and diglycerides, sodium benzoate [to protect quality], artificial flavor, citric acid, vitamin a [palmitate]), modified corn starch, cheddar club cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, salt, annatto color), parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], parmesan and romano cheese base (parmesan and romano cheese [milk, culture, enzymes, salt], water, whey, salt, modified corn starch, cultured buttermilk solids, calcium and sodium caseinates, natural flavoring, and garlic powder), salt, annatto color (soybean oil, annatto extract, mono-and diglycerides), potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

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

Polly o part skim mozzarella cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, vinegar, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Signature shredded steak & three-cheese chimichangas
Ingredients: Wheat flour - (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cooked beef steak - (with broth, salt), cheeses - cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), green chilies - (with salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), vegetable oil - (soybean, canola, palm and/or corn oil), contains 2% or less - modified corn starch, tomatoes (with juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), dehydrated onion, jalapeno pepper (with salt, acetic acid, calcium chloride), beef flavor (beef broth, beef fat, flavor, salt), salt, flavor, spices, dough conditioners (yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, guar gum, food starch, sodium metabisulfite), ground chili pepper.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Metabisulfite

Crumbled Feta Cheese
Ingredients: Feta cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Macaroni & Cheese
Ingredients: ENRICHED DURUM PASTA (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SAUCE (CHEDDAR CHEESE[CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, BUTTERMILK, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO AND BETA CAROTENE [FOR COLOR]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo
Ingredients: ALFREDO SAUCE WITH CHICKEN: Chicken Broth, Turkey Broth, Diced Chicken (Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Modified Rice Starch, Isolated Soy Protein, Salt, Sodium Phosphates), Soybean Oil, Butter, Modified Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Buttermilk Powder, Chicken Fat, Maltodextrin, Salt, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part-Skim Cow?s Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Romano Cheese (Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Whey, Sugar, Cream, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavors, Titanium Dioxide (Color), DATEM, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Milk Powder, Parsley, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Cooked Chicken, Sodium Caseinate, Turkey Meat, Mushroom Powder, Natural Chicken Flavor, Turkey Fat.FETTUCINE: Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate (Iron), Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid).CONTAINS: SOY, MILK, WHEAT.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Titanium Dioxide

Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK. WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, WHEY, CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, SORBIC ACID AND CARBON DIOXIDE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spinach & Artichoke Cheese Dip
Ingredients: WATER, SPINACH, ARTICHOKE HEARTS (ARTICHOKE HEARTS, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID), PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), NEUFCHATEL CHEESE (CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
