Reduced Fat String Cheese

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Publix Reduced Fat String Cheese scores 89/100 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, 6g 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.

Publix Reduced Fat String Cheese lists 5 ingredients, starting with Light Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese, Cultured Pasteurized Part-skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes and Vitamin a Palmitate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

50 kcal per serving, or 208 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Publix Reduced Fat String Cheese on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 89/100 Publix Reduced Fat String Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Nancy's Organic Probiotic Cream Cheese at 100/100.