Natural Mild Cheddar

Name: Natural Mild Cheddar
Brand: Sargento

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Ingredients · 6

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Common questions

Is Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar healthy?

Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar scores 85/100 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 Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar?

Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar lists 6 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes and Annatto (Vegetable Color). Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar’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 Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar?

Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar compare to other cheese?

At 85/100 Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Daisy Low Fat Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat at 94/100.

Is Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar organic?

Yes. Sargento Natural Mild Cheddar carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Full methodology: how we score products.