Gouda Cheese Roundup
We analyzed 52 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Finding the perfect Gouda Cheese shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 52 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 Gouda Cheese you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.
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Detailed Reviews

Smoked Pasteurized Processed Gouda Cheese Product Sliced
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK AND SKIM MILK, WHEY, CREAM, SODIUM CITRATE, CORN STARCH, LESS THAN 2% ENZYMES, SALT, ANNATTO COLOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, SORBIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR).
The Good
- β Convenient Snack
The Bad
- β High Sugar Content

Air Cheese Gouda Cheese Bites
Ingredients: Gouda Cheese (Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (color]). Contains: Milk Packed in a facility that packages peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soy. wheat and egg products. Best before end / lot: EXP:06/24/2022 08:35:AM duct o f Gre ece
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Contains Peanut

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

Dutch Tradition Gouda Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized cowβs milk, salt, starter culture, rennet, beta-carotene
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Apple & Gouda Cheese Smoked Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: chicken, apples, gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto color), kosher salt, water, evaporated cane sugar, vinegar, spices, extract of rosemary, pork casing
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

HOT CALABRESE SALAME WITH NATURAL GOUDA CHEESE & TOASTED ROUNDS
Ingredients: Wheat flour, sunflower oil, sea salt, isolated oat product, salt, yeast, dextrose, distilled vinegar, rosemary extract (to preserve freshness), ascorbic acid (antioxidant).
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

GENOA SALAMI, GOUDA CHEESE, SALTED ALMONDS
Ingredients: Pork, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Rosemary Extract, Sodium Ascorbate, Granulated Garlic, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Sodium Nitrite, Gouda Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Vegetable Color), Potato Starch, Powdered Cellulose, Almonds, Corn Oil, Salt
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Gouda cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

All natural gouda cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (coloring)
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Gouda Holland Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cow's milk, Salt, Starter culture, Rennet, Beta-Carotene (color)
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Bacon Gouda
Ingredients: Cultured Pasteurized _Milk_, Water, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Bacon (Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Dextrose), Sorbic Acid, Yeast Extract, Natural Smoke Flavoring, Color (Added Color).
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Havarti and Gouda snack cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes, Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Annatto (Color)
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Deli Sliced Hickory Smoked Gouda Cheese
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), contains: milk,
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Macaroni & Cheese Smoked Gouda Cheese
Ingredients: enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheese sauce (skim milk, cheese (gouda, cheddar (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes)), canola oil, water, whey, whey protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, salt, natural flavors, sodium alginate, lactic acid, mono - and diglycerides, xanthan gum, sorbic acid, onion powder, garlic powder)
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

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

Evol, smoked gouda mac & cheese
Ingredients: Gluten free elbow noodles (brown rice flour, water, potato starch, tapioca starch, whole eggs, salt, xanthan gum), milk, caramelized onions, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), smoked gouda (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, liquid smoke flavor, enzymes, annatto), heavy cream, butter (cream, salt), water, onions, potato flour, rice starch, chives, honey, parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, liquid smoke flavor, spices.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Smoked Apple & Gouda Cheese Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast meat and thigh meat, apples, gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes and annatto color), contains 2% or less of: spices, natural flavor, kosher salt, water, evaporated cane syrup, vinegar, lamb casing.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

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

Smoked Gouda Cheese
Ingredients: GOUDA AND CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, NONFAT MILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE).
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Sliced Smoked Gouda
Ingredients: Cheese (Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Salt, Starter Culture, Rennet, Color: (Annatto Norbixin, Carotenes}), Water, Butter (Cow's Milk), Starch, Emlusifying Salt: (Sodium Polyphosphate, Sodium Phosphate), Salt, Smoke.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Gouda Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR). CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Rembrandt, Extra Aged Gouda Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto natural color.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

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

Gouda Cheese Slices
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes annatto (color).
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

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

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

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

Smoked Gouda Premium Elbows And Cheese Dinner
Ingredients: Enriched Macaroni: Wheat Flour, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Calcium Carbonate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid. Cheese Sauce: Skim Milk, Gouda Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Water, Canola Oil, Whey, Whey Protein Concentrate, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Contains 2% or Less of: Natural Flavors (Including Smoke), Sodium Alginate, Lactic Acid, Mono and Diglycerides, Sorbic Acid (to Preserve Freshness), Xanthan Gum, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

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

Gouda Cheese Block
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR).
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed
