Old Fashioned Cheese, Cheddar Squeeze Cheese, Pasteurized Cheese Snack

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Old Fashioned Cheese, Cheddar Squeeze Cheese, Pasteurized Cheese Snack scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum): 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 Old Fashioned Cheese, Cheddar Squeeze Cheese, Pasteurized Cheese Snack'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: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Less Than 2% Sodium Phosphate Salt.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.