Horizon Organic String Cheese Original

Name: Horizon Organic String Cheese Original
Brand: Horizon Organic

97Clean

Ingredients · 3

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Common questions

Is Horizon Organic String Cheese Original healthy?

Horizon Organic String Cheese Original scores 97/100 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 Horizon Organic String Cheese Original?

Horizon Organic String Cheese Original lists 3 ingredients, starting with Organic Pasteurized Cultured Part Skim Cow's Milk, Salt and Microbial Enzymes. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Horizon Organic String Cheese Original contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Horizon Organic String Cheese Original’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 Horizon Organic String Cheese Original?

Horizon Organic String Cheese Original 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 Horizon Organic String Cheese Original compare to other cheese?

At 97/100 Horizon Organic String Cheese Original sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Riverford Organic Dairy Organic Low Fat Cottage Cheese at 100/100.

Is Horizon Organic String Cheese Original organic?

Yes. Horizon Organic String Cheese Original carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Full methodology: how we score products.