Dairylea Lunchers Ham 'n' Cheese

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

Dairylea Lunchers Ham 'n' Cheese scores 5/100 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. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 10g protein and 2g sugar. 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.

Dairylea Lunchers Ham 'n' Cheese lists 36 ingredients, starting with Cheese Food: Cheese, Skimmed Milk, Water, Skimmed Milk Powder and Emulsifying Salts. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

188 kcal per serving, or 290 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Dairylea Lunchers Ham 'n' Cheese on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Dairylea Lunchers Ham 'n' Cheese scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Daisy Low Fat Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat at 94/100.