Great Value Mozzarella Sticks

Breakdown

6 ingredients to avoid

Great Value Mozzarella Sticks 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.

Great Value Mozzarella Sticks lists 28 ingredients, starting with Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese, Enriched Wheat Flour, Water, Soybean Oil and Yellow Corn Flour. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Great Value Mozzarella Sticks scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Organic String Cheese at 97/100.