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Dairies Roundup

We analyzed 3164 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Dairies shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 3164 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 Dairies you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
393
Protein
21g
Dietz & Watson

Dietz & watson, horseradish cheddar cheese

Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese(milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), ground horseradish, trisodium citrate, horseradish flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
21g
Dietz & Watson

Artisan cheese

Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), minced roasted garlic, onion chive seasoning (dehydrated onion, salt, sugar, dehydrated chive, dehydrated parsley, spice, dextrose, spice extractives, trisodium citrate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
21g
Dietz & Watson

Dietz & watson, pasteurized process ny state cheddar cheese, buffalo wing

Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), habanero peppers, jalapeno peppers, hot pepper sauce (aged cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, spices), cayenne peppers, trisodium citrate, annatto.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Protein
20g
Belgioioso, Belgioioso Cheese Inc.

Asiago Freshly Shredded

Ingredients: Cultured milk, enzymes, salt,cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
0g
Bookhaus

Grated Parmesan Cheese Alternative

Ingredients: Trisodium phosphate, sodium aluminium phosphate, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, lactic acid, acetic acid, natural flavors, monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, and sorbic acid (to preserve freshness), powdered cellulose added to prevent caking

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
85
Sugar
12g
Shamrock Farms

Reduced fat strawberry mmmmilk

Ingredients: Reduced fat milk, sugar, nonfat milk, natural and artificial flavor, carrageenan, guar gum, dipotassium phosphate, red 40, vitamins a & d.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
88
Sugar
12g
Sharock Farms

Reduced fat milk vanilla

Ingredients: Reduced fat milk, sugar, nonfat milk, natural and artificial flavor, carrageenan, guar gum, dipotassium phosphate, annatto, vitamins a & d.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
46
Sugar
5g
Shamrock Farms

Lowfat Buttermilk

Ingredients: Cultured lowfat milk, nonfat milk, modified food starch, sodium citrate, locust bean gum, carrageenan, salt, vitamins a & d

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
254
Protein
18g
LAURA CHENEL

Soft-Ripened Goat Cheese Creamy Brie

Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized goat milk, salt and microbial enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
179
Sugar
4g
Tropical Cheese Industries Inc.

Cultured Sour Cream

Ingredients: Pasteurized cream, lactic acid, salt, locust bean gum, carrageenan, and cultures.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Tropical Cheese Industries Inc

Tropical, Fancy Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes and annatto (vegetable color). potato starch, corn starch, and calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
286
Protein
29g
Tropical

Fancy Shredded Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, and enzymes, potato starch, corn starch, and calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
168
Sugar
0g
Tropical Cheese Industries Inc.

Tropical, Corn & Cheese Griddle Cake

Ingredients: White corn, water, tropical queso casero cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, cheese cultures), margarine, salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
250
Protein
21g
Tropical

Oaxaca, Authentic Mexican-Style String Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, acetic acid, cheese cultures, enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
214
Protein
18g
Tropical

A Semi-Soft Basket Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
286
Protein
21g
Tropical

Colombian-Style Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, cheese cultures (lactic starter, soy protein).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
235
Sugar
6g
Tropical

Tropical, sandwich slices

Ingredients: Water, interesterified soybean oil, modified food starch, whey, salt, contains 2 percent or less of calcium phosphate, carob bean gum, carrageenan, color added, enzyme-modified cheese (milk, water, salt, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, milkfat, cheese culture, sorbic acid [preservative], enzymes), gelatin, guar gum, natural flavor, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
250
Protein
21g
Verole Queso

Authentic Mexican Crumbling Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, and enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
267
Protein
13g
Ole Mexican Foods

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

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
321
Protein
32g
Weyauwega Cheese

Parmesan Freshly Grated

Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
79
Sugar
12g
Darigold

1% Milkfat, Low Fat Milk, Chocolate

Ingredients: Lowfat milk liquid sucrose (sugar, water), cocoa processed with alkali, salt, carrageenan, vanillin, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
67
Sugar
5g
Darigold

Whole Milk

Ingredients: Milk, vitamin d3.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
142
Sugar
15g
Darigold

Ultra-Pasteurized Egg Nog

Ingredients: Milk and cream, water, corn syrup, sugar, whey, egg yolks, natural and artificial flavors, nutmeg, carrageenan, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, salt, annatto and tumeric (color).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
106
Protein
12g
DARIGOLD

WHOLE COTTAGE CHEESE

Ingredients: CULTURED NONFAT MILK, MILK AND CREAM, WHEY, SALT, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 80, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARBON DIOXIDE (TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
58
Sugar
5g
Cardenas

Reduced Fat Milk

Ingredients: Milk, skim milk, vitamin a palmitate & vitamin d3.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery

Cheddar Cheese Curds Garlic

Ingredients: Cheese: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes. garlic: granulated garlic.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Applegate Farms

Applegate, extra sharp aged cheddar cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (non-animal), made with vegetable rennet.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
381
Protein
24g
Applegate

Organic mild cheddar cheese, mild

Ingredients: Pasteurized organic milk, cultures, enzymes (non-animal), salt, organic annatto.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
67
Sugar
10g
Silk, Wwf Operating Company

Soy Nog Original

Ingredients: Soymilk (filtered water, soybeans), cane sugar, locust bean gum, sea salt, natural flavor, turmeric and annatto (for color).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
81
Sugar
11g
Natrel,LilMilk, Agropur Inc. Division Natrel Usa

Natrel, lilimilk, 2% reduced fat chocolate milk

Ingredients: Reduced fat milk, sugar, cocoa, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate and vitamin d3.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Dairies category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 3164 products in the Dairies category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Dairies?+
We rank Dairies based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Dairies here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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