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Babybel Semisoft Cheese

Semisoft Cheese

91Clean

Contaminants · 4

From lab tests of this product’s family
Babybel Mini (whole milk, US)
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Mini Original Semisoft Cheese
CadmiumNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Mini Original Semisoft Cheese
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Mini Original Semisoft Cheese
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Mini Original Semisoft Cheese

Ingredients · 4

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Common questions

Is Babybel Semisoft Cheese healthy?

Babybel Semisoft Cheese scores 91/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Babybel Mini (whole milk, US). It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Babybel Semisoft Cheese?

Babybel Semisoft Cheese lists 4 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Microbial Enzymes, Milk and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Babybel Semisoft Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Babybel Semisoft Cheese’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Babybel Semisoft Cheese?

Babybel Semisoft Cheese is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Babybel Semisoft Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 91/100 Babybel Semisoft Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Stringles Organic String Cheese at 97/100.

Is Babybel Semisoft Cheese organic?

Babybel Semisoft Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Has Babybel Semisoft Cheese been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Pasteurized cultured whole milk, salt, microbial enzymes; no cocoa, rice, cinnamon, nut or protein powder) with the other products in its family, Babybel Mini (whole milk, US), and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Babybel Semisoft Cheese contain heavy metals?

Babybel Semisoft Cheese itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab tested them for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury and found none above its detection limit. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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