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Trader Joe's Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese

Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese

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USDA Organic

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Is Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese healthy?

Trader Joe's Organic Sliced 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.

What is in Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese?

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

Does Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese?

Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 89/100 Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese sits in our top band, among the better cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Marks & Spencer Extra Mature Cheddar at 100/100.

Is Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese organic?

Yes. Trader Joe's Organic Sliced Cheddar Cheese carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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