Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese

Name: Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese
Brand: Hoffman's

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Ingredients · 9

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Common questions

Is Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese healthy?

Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese scores 28/100 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.

What is in Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese?

Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese lists 9 ingredients, starting with Cheddar Cheese, Whey, Milk Fat, Jalapeño Peppers and Sodium Citrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hoffman's Hot Pepper 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 Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese?

Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 28/100 Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Daisy Low Fat Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat at 94/100.

Is Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese organic?

Hoffman's Hot Pepper Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

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