Melting Cheese

Name: Melting Cheese
Brand: Velveeta

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Ingredients · 20

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Common questions

Is Velveeta Melting Cheese healthy?

Velveeta Melting Cheese scores 5/100 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.

What is in Velveeta Melting Cheese?

Velveeta Melting Cheese lists 20 ingredients, starting with Skim Milk, Milk, Cream, Whey and Milk Protein Concentrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Velveeta Melting Cheese contain seed oils?

Yes. Velveeta Melting Cheese lists Canola Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Velveeta Melting Cheese?

Velveeta Melting Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Velveeta Melting Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 5/100 Velveeta Melting Cheese scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Organic Valley Organic Ricotta Cheese at 95/100.

Is Velveeta Melting Cheese organic?

Velveeta Melting Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.