Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese

Name: Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese
Brand: Joseph Farms

87Clean

Ingredients · 4

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Common questions

Is Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese healthy?

Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese scores 87/100 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 Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese?

Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese lists 4 ingredients, starting with Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes and Cellulose (Anticaking Agent). Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded 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 Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese?

Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 87/100 Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded 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 Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese organic?

Joseph Farms Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

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