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Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese

Grated Parmesan Cheese

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Is Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese healthy?

Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese scores 84/100 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 Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese?

Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese lists 5 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Microbial Enzyme and Powdered Cellulose. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan 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 Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese?

Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 84/100 Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Stringles Organic String Cheese at 97/100.

Is Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese organic?

Trader Joe's Grated Parmesan Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

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