Jalapeno Pimento Cheese Spread

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Jalapeno Pimento Cheese Spread scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Other Additives (Sodium Pyroohosphate): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Cheese, this product is more processed than about 78% of the 19,171 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 Jalapeno Pimento Cheese Spread's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sorbic Acid, Lactic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Apo Carotenal And Beta Carotene (Color)]Mayonnaise (Soybean Oil, Water, Salted Egg Yolks, Distilled Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Mustard Flour, Garlic & Onion Powders, Spice, Calcium Disodium Edta), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.