White Cheddar Spreadable Cheese, White Cheddar

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, White Cheddar Spreadable Cheese, White Cheddar scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Industrial Enzymes ([Swiss, Cheddar, Gouda And Semisoft Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Cultures, Enzymes)]): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Whey Protein Concentrate): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

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 White Cheddar Spreadable Cheese, White Cheddar'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: Phosphate (Sodium Monophosphate, Sodium Polyphosphate).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.