Organic Light String Cheese

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Trader Joe's Organic Light String Cheese scores 94/100 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.

Trader Joe's Organic Light String Cheese lists 5 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes (Microbial) and Vitamin a Palmitate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 94/100 Trader Joe's Organic Light String 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.