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Grilled Cheese Roundup

We analyzed 15 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Grilled Cheese shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 15 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 Grilled Cheese you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
190
Protein
14g
Velveeta

Grilled cheese sandwich

Ingredients: skim milk, milk, whey, milk protein concentrate, modified food starch, sodium citrate, maltodextrin, gelatin, salt, milkfat, sodium phosphate, calcium phosphate, whey protein concentrate, sorbic acid as a preservatives, cheese culture, enzymes

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
356
Sugar
4g
Lily’s

Toaster Grills Grilled Cheese Burger

Ingredients: White bread, enriched wheat flour, water, sugar, yeast, soybean oil, salt, calcium propionate, monoglycerides, DATEM, calcium sulfate.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
513
Sugar
10g
Lance, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

Lance Captain’s Wafers sandwich crackers Grilled Cheese

Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, palm oil, soybean oil), maltodextrin, sugar, dairy whey, corn syrup, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), natural and artificial flavors, butter, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk, lactic acid, potassium chloride, caramel color, artificial colors (yellow 5, yellow 6), soy lecithin (emulsifier).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
148
Sugar
1g
Trader Joe's

Cobb Salad with Grilled Chicken Breast, Uncured Bacon, Blue & Gorgonzola Cheeses & Ranch Dressing

Ingredients: COBB SALAD: MIXED SALAD GREENS (MAY CONTAIN RED AND GREEN ROMAINE, RED CHARD, RED MUSTARD, ARUGULA, RADICCHIO, RED AND GREEN OAK), GRILED CHICKEN BREAST (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT, WATER, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, SALT, HARD BOILED EGG, CARROTS, GRAPE TOMATO, UNCURED BACON - NO NITRATES OR NITRATES ADDED EXCEPT THOSE NATURALY OCCURING IN SEA SALT AND CELERY JUICE POWDER (CURED WITH: PORK, WATER, SEA SALT, CANE SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS] (CELERY JUICE POWDERJ1, BLUE CHEESE [PASTUERIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES AND LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: CORNSTARCH, POTATO STARCH, AND POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING), GORGONZOLA CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, PENCILIUM ROQUEFORTI), POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING) RANCH DRESSING: (SOUR CREAM CULTURED CREAM, ENZYME, BUTTERMILK (CULTURED LOWFAT MILK, NONFAT MILK SOLIDS, SALT, TAPIOCA FLOUR, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3], MAYONNAISE SOYBEAN OIL, WHOLE EGG AND EGG YOLK, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CIDER VINEGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, SPICES (CONTAINS MUSTARD), LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE OLIVE OL, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, ENZYMES, SALT POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING WATER, SEA SALT, TABASCO DISTILLED VINEGAR, RED PEPPER, SALT, APPLE CODER VINEGAR, BLACK PEPPER, MOLASSES, FRESH GARUIC, FRESH LEMON JUICE, FRESH CHIVES, DRIED DILL, PARSLEY FLAKES, GROUND CLOVES, MUSTARD FLOUR, CAYENNE PEPPER GARLIC POWDED

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
381
Sugar
4g
Lily's Toaster Grills

American Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients: WHITE BREAD (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, REDUCED IRON, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), MONOGLYCERIDES, DATEM, CALCIUM SULFATE, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID, GRAIN VINEGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, POTASSIUM IODATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, CREAM, WATER, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN, COLOR ADDED), BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, YEAST), MALTODEXTRIN. CONTAINS WHEAT, SOY, AND MILK.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
268
Sugar
6g
Olivier Elzer

Grilled Cheese & Ham Toast

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The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
281
Protein
12g
Market Street

Not Your Mama’s Grilled Cheese Bread

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The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Sugar Free
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
353
Protein
12g
Loves

Grilled Cheese On Texas Toast By Loves

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The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
106
Protein
10g
idealnutrition

Grilled Chicken with broccoli mac n' cheese and shredded monterey jack

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The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Sugar Free
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
11g
Farm Rich

Grilled cheese style bites

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The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
243
Sugar
4g
Lidl

Thin Crust Grilled Vegetable And French Goat Cheese Pizza

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The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
551
Sugar
4g
Lay's

Bacon Grilled Cheese Potato Chips

Ingredients: FLAVOR FINA DO U FLAV DO US FLAVOR THREE TRY ALL THRE SCAN HE FLAN THEN TO VOTE! RESS MAY APPLY SERVING SUGGEST FINALIST= TM LIMITED TIME FLAVE Lay's BACON GRILLED CHEESE FLAVORED WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS GUARANTEED FRESH 1JUL2025 2.69 411309367 143 03:16 Lay's POT CHIPS CHIPS ENLARGED TO SHOW TEXTURE

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
120
Sugar
6g
Bremer Bistro

Grilled cheese tomato Soup

Ingredients: MILK, WATER, TOMATO PASTE, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, BACTERIAL CULTURE, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, ENZYME, CELLULOSE), ONION, CROUTON (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, YEAST, SALT, ASCORBIC ACID, SOY, SESAME), BUTTER (CREAM, MAY CONTAIN COLOR), CARROTS, CANOLA OIL, GARLIC, CORN STARCH, SUGAR, SALT, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), YEAST EXTRACT, FLAVOR (PROPYLENE GLYCOL, NATURAL FLAVOR), CONCENTRATED LEMON PUREE (LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, WATER, LEMON PULP CELLS, LEMON PEEL, LEMON OIL), SPICE.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
373
Protein
20g
Goodles

Thrilled Cheese American Grilled Cheese Mac

Ingredients: GOODLES SPIRALS (WHEAT FLOUR, CHICKPEA PROTEIN, WHEAT PROTEIN, NUTRIENTS EXTRACTED FROM [BROCCOLI, SPINACH, KALE, PUMPKIN, SWEET POTATO, SUNFLOWER SEED, CRANBERRY, CHLORELLA, MAITAKE MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE MUSHROOM]), CHEDDAR, AMERICAN & GOUDA CHEESE BLEND (CULTURED MILK, WHEY, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, ENZYMES), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), NONFAT DRY MILK, NATURAL FLAVOR, TAPIOCA FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, SALT, COLOR (ANNATTO, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA)

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
212
Protein
14g
Don Lee Farms

Grilled Quesadilla shredded Chicken And Cheese

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The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Sugar Free
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Grilled Cheese category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 15 products in the Grilled Cheese 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 Grilled Cheese?+
We rank Grilled Cheese 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 Grilled Cheese 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.