Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese

Name: Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese
Brand: Walnut Creek Foods

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Ingredients · 19

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Common questions

Is Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese healthy?

Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese scores 26/100 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 Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese?

Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese lists 19 ingredients, starting with Cultured Nonfat Milk, Milk, Cream, Salt and Whey. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage 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 Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese?

Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese compare to other cheese?

At 26/100 Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese scores worse than most cheese we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cheese is Duchy Organic Organic Mature Cheddar at 100/100.

Is Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese organic?

Walnut Creek Foods Walnut Creek Cottage Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

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