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Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese

Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese

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Ingredients · 8

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Common questions

Is Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese healthy?

Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese scores 88/100 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 Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese?

Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese lists 8 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes and Potato Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural 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 Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese?

Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural 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 Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 88/100 Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural 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.

Is Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese organic?

Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Has Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Hy-Vee Finely Shredded Mexican Natural Cheese, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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