Cheese Sauces Roundup
We analyzed 17 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Finding the perfect Cheese Sauces shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 17 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.
Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Cheese Sauces you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.
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Detailed Reviews

Cheese Dip
Ingredients: American cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), water, jalapeno peppers, skim milk, carrots, onions, spices, sorbic acid (to protect flavor).
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Casa mamita, salsa con queso, medium
Ingredients: Water, cheese blend (milk protein concentrate, water, soybean oil, cheddar cheese (milk cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, milk fat, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, modified cornstarch, red bell peppers, corn oil, maltodextrin, jalapeno peppers, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, green chili peppers, datem sodium citrate disodium phosphate, yeast extract, chipotle chili pepper, annatto extract and paprika extract (for color).
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Mild nacho dip
Ingredients: Water, potatoes*, cashews*, carrots*, onions*, tomatoes*, green chiles*, vinegar*, sea salt, jalapeno peppers*, natural flavor, garlic powder*
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Oatmilk Queso
Ingredients: Oat Milk (Water, Oats), Cashew Butter, Sweet Red Peppers (Red Peppers, Water, Salt, Citric Acid), Nutritional Yeast, Jalapeno Peppers (Jalapeno Peppers, Water, Salt), Agave Syrup, Sea Salt, Lactic Acid (Plant Derived), Sodium Citrate, Dehydrated Vegetable Blend (Tomato, Onion, Garlic, Shiitake Mushroom), Annatto (For Color), Xanthan Gum, Paprika, Spice, Dehydrated Chipotle Pepper, Cayenne Pepper
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Queso blanco dip
Ingredients: Water, jalapeno peppers, soybean oil, pepper jack cheese (cultured milk, jalapeno peppers, salt, enzymes), modified food starch, maltodextrin, white cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), contains less than 2% of: flavoring, salt, color added, disodium phosphate-dihydrate, vinegar, trisodium citrate, datem, dehydrated red peppers, sorbic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, dehydrated onions, yeast extract, dehydrated vinegar.
The Good
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Premium Dip, Artichoke & Parmesan
Ingredients: Mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, egg yolks, vinegar, salt), artichokes (artichoke, water, salt, citric acid, ascorbic acid), sour cream (pasteurized cultured cream [milk]), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culutre, salt, enzymes), water, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), xanthan gum, lemon juice concentrate, citric acid.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Contains Sodium Benzoate

Queso blanco aged cheddar cheese sauce
Ingredients: Water, nonfat milk, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), corn starch-modified, vegetable oil (contains one or more of canola, soybean, sunflower oil), contains 2% or less of sodium phosphate, salt, natural flavor, cellulose gum, mono-and diglycerides, lactic acid, sodium hydroxide, beta carotene (color).
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Double Cheddar Sauce
Ingredients: WATER, YELLOW CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND [CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), WATER, WHEY (MILK), NATURAL FLAVOR, NONFAT MILK, SALT, ANNATTO (COLOR), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE], SOYBEAN OIL, WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND [CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SALT], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ENZYME MODIFIED EGG YOLK, WHEY, GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES (FROM BARLEY), SALT, ENZYMES], GRATED ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM COW'S MILK CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVORS (SOY), YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA AND ANNATTO EXTRACTIVES (COLOR).
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Creamy Caesar Dressing
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, EGG YOLKS 2%, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ANCHOVIES, DRIED GARLIC, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE]), DRIED ONION, NATURAL FLAVOR, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, SOY FLOUR, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Sodium Benzoate

Garlic Parmesan Sauce & Marinade
Ingredients: WATER. VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA) DISTILLED VINEGAR GARLIC SALT
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Dairy-Free Cheddar Cheese Sauce
Ingredients: filtered water, tapioca starch, non-gmo expeller pressed: canola and/or safflower oil, coconut oil, sea salt, vegan natural flavors, pea protein isolate, tricalcium phosphate, cane sugar, lactic acid (vegan), xanthan gum, yeast extract, titanium dioxide (a naturally occurring mineral), annatto (color), onion,
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Titanium Dioxide

Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, BLUE CHEESE CHUNKS (WATER, AGED BLUE CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], PALM OIL, SODIUM, CALCIUM CASEINATES, SALT, LACTIC ACID, CELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM), SALT 2%, SUGAR, BUTTERMILK, BLUE CHEESE ([PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER), EGG YOLKS, MALTODEXTRIN (CORN), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, COLOR, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PHOSPHORIC ACID, SORBIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA,
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Sodium Benzoate

Premium aged cheddar cheese sauce
Ingredients: WATER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CANOLA OIL, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY (CONTAINS MILK), SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTURIZED MILK CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO), DISTILLED VINEGAR, CORNSTARCH, NATURAL CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL CREAM FLAVOR, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, YEAST EXTRACT FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SILOXANE (ANTI FOAM). CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Original Caesar Dressing
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHITE WINE VINEGAR, PARMESAN CHEESE (PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), EGG YOLK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICE, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, MUSTARD SEED, NATURAL FLAVOR, DEHYDRATED ONION, XANTHAN GUM, CORN SYRUP, POTASSIUM SORBATE, ANCHOVIES, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA, CELERY SEED, TAMARIND.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Signature Italian Dressing
Ingredients: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, EGGS, ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICE, XANTAN GUM, DEXTROSE, ANNATTO COLOR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR), NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- β Convenient Snack
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

MAC & CHEESE ALFREDO
Ingredients: Light Cream (Cream, Milk), Water, White Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Potato Starch), Butter (Cream, Natural Flavorings), Salted Egg Yolk, Modified Corn Starch, Sea Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Paprika, Ground White Pepper, Citric Acid
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β 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, JALAPEΓO 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
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed
