Whole Milk String Cheese

Name: Whole Milk String Cheese
Brand: Frigo Cheese Heads

83Clean

Contaminants · 5

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Arsenic4.02 ppbof 10 ppb

40% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

CadmiumNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)NDof 6 ppb

Not detectedUS EPA drinking-water MCL, 40 CFR 141.61(c) — 0.006 mg/L. Applied to all foods as the TIGHTEST published DEHP number; the EU food-contact limit is looser (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442: SML 0.6 mg/kg, plus the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit with DBP/BBP/DIBP).

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

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Common questions

Is Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese healthy?

Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese scores 83/100 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.

What is in Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese?

Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese lists 3 ingredients, starting with Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt and Enzymes. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String 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 Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese?

Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String 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 Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 83/100 Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String 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 Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese organic?

Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Has Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese been lab tested?

Yes. 5 substances in Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected arsenic at 4.02 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese. That reading is under its limit. It also tested for lead, cadmium and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Does Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese contain phthalates?

No. A lab tested Frigo Cheese Heads Whole Milk String Cheese for DEHP and found none above its detection limit.

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