Ricotta Cheese Roundup
We analyzed 36 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Finding the perfect Ricotta Cheese shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 36 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 Ricotta Cheese you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.
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Detailed Reviews

Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED WHEY, PASTEURIZED MILK, VINEGAR, STABILIZER (MODIFIED CORN STARCH, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN), SALT.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, WHEY, MILKFAT, SALT, VINEGAR, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, XANTHAN GUM
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Milk Free Better Than Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: WATER, EXPELLER BLEND OF NATURAL OILS (PALM FRUIT, SOYBEAN AND OLIVE), TOFU, SOY PROTEIN, MALTODEXTRIN, VEG LACTIC ACID, NATURAL BLEND OF GUMS (LOCUST BEAN, GUAR, CELLULOSE, XANTHAN AND CARRAGEENAN), BROWN RICE, AGAR AGAR, VINEGAR, ORGANIC SUGAR, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Krasdale Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: WHEY, PASTEURIZED MILK AND/OR MILK FAT, SKIM MILK, VINEGAR, 100 SALT, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN SALT, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM (STABILIZERS CONTAINS MILK 9% Doly Value
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Alex's Lemonade Stand Baked Lemon Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: RICOTTA (WHEY, COW'S MILK AND SHEEP'S MILK, SALT, LACTIC ACID), LEMON PASTE (SUGAR, LEMON PEEL), SUGAR, STABILIZER (FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SODIUM ALGINATE, TETRA-SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE), TURMERIC, NATURAL LEMON FLAVORING. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Tortellini pasta filled with ricotta, mozzarella, and romano cheeses
Ingredients: Dough: durum wheat, water, eggs, beta-carotene (color). filling: lowfat ricotta cheese (whey, milk, vinegar, salt, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate), bread crumbs (wheat flour, dextrose, yeast, salt), low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), grated romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, salt, canola oil, romano cheese concentrate (romano cheese [cow's milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, salt, sodium phosphates), spices.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken & roasted garlic tortelloni with chicken, parmesan, ricotta, & mozzarella cheeses
Ingredients: DOUGH: GROUND DURUM WHEAT, EGGS, WATER. FILLING: WHEAT FLOUR, PART SKIM RICOTTA CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, CREAM, VINEGAR, CARRAGEENAN), PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CHICKEN (CHICKEN, WATER, SEA SALT, ROSEMARY EXTRACTIVES), CANOLA OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CREAM, ROASTED GARLIC, SALT, WATER, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SKIM MILK, GRANA PADANO CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, EGG WHITE LYSOZYME), SPICES, YEAST, SUNFLOWER OIL, CARRAGEENAN.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Great value, original ricotta cheese
Ingredients: Whey, milk, vinegar, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum (stabilizers).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized whey, pasteurized milk, vinegar, stabilizer (modified corn starch, guar gum, carrageenan), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, PASTEURIZED WHEY, VINEGAR, STABILIZER (MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN), SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Belgioioso, ricotta con latte, part skim milk, cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized whey and milk, vinegar, salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

RICOTTA CON LATTE Whole Milk NATURAL CHEESE
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED WHEY AND MILK, VINEGAR, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

RICOTTA CHEESE & SPINACH RAVIOLI in a tomato garlic sauce
Ingredients: Cheese and spinach ravioli (organic durum wheat flour, water, organic ricotta cheese [organic skim milk, organic milkfat, organic tapioca starch, organic whey protein concentrate, organic cultured non-fat dry milk, xanthan gum, carrageenan gum, lactic acid], spinach, organic romano cheese [organic cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes], part-skim mozzarella cheese [part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], organic eggs, less than 2% of garlic, onions, lemon juice [water, lemon juice concentrate, lemon juice], sea salt, bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt], spice), organic tomato puree (water, organic tomato paste), water, spinach, organic tomatoes, 2% or less of brown sugar, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), organic onions, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic garlic puree, sea salt, waxy rice starch, basil, dried onions, spices.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, pasteurized whey, vinegar, stabilizer (modified food starch, guar gum, carrageenan), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spinach & Ricotta Cheese Ravioli Bowl
Ingredients: filtered water, organic unbleached _wheat_ flour, organic unbleached durum wheat semolina flour, ricotta cheese (pasteurized whey, pasteurized part-skim _milk_, vinegar, salt), organic spinach, organic onions, organic extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes), nutritional yeast, sea salt, spices, black pepper, organic diced tomatoes, filtered water, organic onions, organic carrots, organic extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes), organic cane sugar, sea salt, organic garlic
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

4 cheese ricotta, romano, mozzarella & gorgonzola cheeses - classic italian recipe ravioli, 4 cheese
Ingredients: Filling (ricotta (whey, whole milk, cream, vinegar), seasoning (water, sunflower oil, potato starch, casein, salt), heavy cream (cream), bread crumbs (wheat flour, yeast, salt), romano cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes), whey, chicory root fiber, cornstarch, mozzarella cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes), 2% or less of natural flavors, salt, vegetable fiber gorgonzola cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, enzymes, salt, mold), autolyzed yeast extract). pasta (durum wheat flour, eggs, water).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: WHEY, MILK, VINEGAR, AND XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM (STABILIZERS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Original Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: Whey, milk, vinegar, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum (stabilizers).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Breaded Creamy Ricotta Cheese Bites
Ingredients: Ricotta Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Vinegar, Salt, Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Low-Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Shredded Asiago Medium Cheese Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Powdered Cellulose (to prevent caking), Natamycin (mold inhibitor)], Yellow Com Flour, Vegetable Oil (Soybean And/Or Canola Oil), Modified Com Starch. Contains 2% or less of Citric Acid, Dehydrated Onion, Dehydrated Parsley, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Leavening (Sodium: Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Modified Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavors, Onion Powder, Paprika Extract (color), Salt, Salt Siend Potassium Chloride, Sea Salt), Spices, Sugar, Tumato Powder, Whey, Yeast. CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dry stuffed Tortelloni Ricotta Cheese And Spinach
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The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

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