Sharp cheddar cheese

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Cabot Creamery Sharp cheddar cheese scores 78/100 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. 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.

Cabot Creamery Sharp cheddar cheese lists 7 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes and Modified Cornstarch Added To Prevent Caking. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 78/100 Cabot Creamery Sharp cheddar cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Daisy Low Fat Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat at 94/100.