Mild Cheddar Cheese

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to watch

Mild Cheddar 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. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 7g protein and 0g sugar. 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.

Mild Cheddar Cheese lists 5 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes and Annatto and Vegetable Color. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

110 kcal per serving, or 393 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Mild Cheddar Cheese on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 87/100 Mild Cheddar 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.