Mozzarella Style Cheese Snack Sticks, Mozzarella Style

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Mozzarella Style Cheese Snack Sticks, Mozzarella Style scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Casein (Milk Protein)): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavorings): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Carrageenan): 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 Mozzarella Style Cheese Snack Sticks, Mozzarella Style'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: Vegetable Oil (Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil And Olive Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium & Calcium Phosphates.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Sea Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.