Easy Cheese Pasteurized Cheese Snack Cheese 1x8.000 Oz

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Easy Cheese Pasteurized Cheese Snack Cheese 1x8.000 Oz scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Milk Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Sodium Caseinate): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Sodium Alginate): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Industrial Enzymes (Enzymes): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 17% 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 Easy Cheese Pasteurized Cheese Snack Cheese 1x8.000 Oz'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Canola Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate, Calcium 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: Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid As A Preservative, Acetic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Color (Annatto Extract, Apocarotenal).

Natural sources but still indicate processing.