Original Cream Cheese Spread

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Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese Spread scores 92/100 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 2g protein and 1g 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.

Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese Spread lists 7 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk and Cream, Whey Protein Concentrate, 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.

80 kcal per serving, or 258 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese Spread on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 92/100 Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese Spread 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.