Original Cream Cheese Spread

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged

Includes lab results from its product family: Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese (US, no whey protein)

Contaminants · 4

Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese Spread scores 29/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese (US, no whey protein). 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 4 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk and Cream, Salt, Guar Gum and Cheese Culture. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 29/100 Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese Spread scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Stringles Organic String Cheese at 97/100.