Cream cheese

Name: Cream cheese
Brand: Philadelphia

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Ingredients · 6

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Common questions

Is Philadelphia Cream cheese healthy?

Philadelphia Cream cheese scores 100/100 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 Philadelphia Cream cheese?

Philadelphia Cream cheese lists 6 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk and Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Carob Bean Gum and Guar Gum. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Philadelphia Cream cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Philadelphia Cream 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 Philadelphia Cream cheese?

We don’t have a NOVA classification on file for Philadelphia Cream cheese yet, so the processing axis scores it neutrally.

How does Philadelphia Cream cheese compare to other cheese?

At 100/100 Philadelphia Cream cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored.

Is Philadelphia Cream cheese organic?

Yes. Philadelphia Cream cheese carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Philadelphia Cream cheese been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Philadelphia Cream cheese, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.