Original Ricotta Cheese

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Ultra-processed · 3 ingredients to watch

Great Value Original Ricotta Cheese scores 80/100 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. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 5g 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.

Great Value Original Ricotta Cheese lists 7 ingredients, starting with Whey, Milk, Vinegar, Xanthan Gum and Locust Bean Gum. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

100 kcal per serving, or 161 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Great Value Original Ricotta Cheese on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 80/100 Great Value Original Ricotta 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.