Trader Joe's Cheddar Cheese

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 ingredients to watch

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

At 89/100 Trader Joe's Cheddar Cheese 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.