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Great Value Parmesan Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

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Common questions

Is Great Value Parmesan Cheese healthy?

Great Value Parmesan Cheese scores 92/100 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 Parmesan Cheese?

Great Value Parmesan Cheese lists 5 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Enzymes, Potato Starch (Added To Prevent Caking) and Natamycin (a Natural Mold Inhibitor). Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Great Value Parmesan Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Great Value Parmesan 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 Parmesan Cheese?

Great Value Parmesan 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 Parmesan Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 92/100 Great Value Parmesan 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 Great Value Parmesan Cheese organic?

Great Value Parmesan Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

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