String cheese
97Clean
Ingredients · 4
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Common questions
Is Kraft String cheese healthy?
Kraft String cheese 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 Kraft String cheese?
Kraft String cheese lists 4 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt and Enzymes. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.
Does Kraft String cheese contain seed oils?
No. Nothing in Kraft String 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 Kraft String cheese?
Kraft String 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 Kraft String cheese compare to other cheese?
At 97/100 Kraft String cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored.
Is Kraft String cheese organic?
Yes. Kraft String cheese carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.
Full methodology: how we score products.
