Mozzarella Style Sticks

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

Wholly Veggie Mozzarella Style Sticks 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.

Wholly Veggie Mozzarella Style Sticks lists 33 ingredients, starting with Filtered Water, Coconut Oil and/Or Canola Oil, Potato Starch, Modified Starch and Chickpea Protein. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Wholly Veggie Mozzarella Style Sticks scores worse than most dairy-alternative cheeses we have scored. A higher-scoring option in dairy-alternative cheeses is Nuts for Cheese Smoky Gouda Style Fermented Cashew Wedge at 97/100.