Trader Joe's Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Sticks

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6 ingredients to avoid

Trader Joe's Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Sticks scores 25/100 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. 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 Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Sticks lists 22 ingredients, starting with Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese, Wheat Flour, Soybean Oil, Water and Modified Potato Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 25/100 Trader Joe's Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Sticks scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Organic String Cheese at 97/100.