Cheese on Cheese Crackers

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Cheese on Cheese Crackers scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Artificial Colors (Yellow 6): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Cheese on Cheese Crackers' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Canola Oil Corn Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Cheese Powder (Dairy Whey, Maltodextrin,Cheddar Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Whey Protein Concentrate, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dipotassium Phosphate, Natural & Artificial Flavors Citric Acid, Butter, Lactic Acid, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Buttermilk, Caramel Color), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Ammonium Bicarbonate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Yeast.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.