Trader Joe's Cream Cheese

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to watch

Trader Joe's Cream Cheese scores 92/100 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 Cream Cheese lists 7 ingredients, starting with Pasteurized Milk, Pasteurized Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt and Guar Gum. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 92/100 Trader Joe's Cream Cheese sits in our top band, among the better butter & cream we have scored. A higher-scoring option in butter & cream is Organic Valley Organic Grassmilk Half & Half at 100/100.