Clover Valley Cheddar pasteurized cheese snack, cheddar

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5 ingredients to avoid

Clover Valley Cheddar pasteurized cheese snack, cheddar scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid 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.

Clover Valley Cheddar pasteurized cheese snack, cheddar lists 14 ingredients, starting with Whey, Cheddar Cheese, Soybean Oil, Whey Protein Concentrate and Sodium Phosphate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Clover Valley Cheddar pasteurized cheese snack, cheddar scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Organic String Cheese at 97/100.