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Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

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Is Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese healthy?

Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese scores 89/100 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 Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese?

Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese lists 5 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes and Annatto Color. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar 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 Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese?

Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar 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 Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 89/100 Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Organic String Cheese at 97/100.

Is Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese organic?

Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Has Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Great Value Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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