Trader Joe's New Zealand Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese

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Trader Joe's New Zealand Organic Sliced Cheddar 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 New Zealand Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese lists 4 ingredients, starting with Organic Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes and Annatto (For Color). 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 New Zealand Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Breakstone's Cottage Cheese Small Curd 4% Milkfat at 100/100.