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Breaded cheeses, from least to most processed

We track 14 breaded cheeses, 86% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is String Cheese Light Light Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese.

What makes breaded cheeses ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of breaded cheeses that contain each:

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 String Cheese Light Light Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese Crystal Farms · 30 g 3
  2. 2 Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese Happy Farms · 12 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 3 Cypriot Halloumi & Hot Honey Rolls with sweet red peppers Higgidy 4
  2. 4 Mozzarella Sticks Clever Select · 250g 4
  3. 5 12 mozzarella sticks Crestwood · 180 g 4
  4. 6 Ostsnacks Mozzarella Krispiga Snacks Coop · 250 g 4
  5. 7 Breaded camembert with cranberry dip What's cooking? · 250g 4
  6. 8 Halloumi fries Lidl 4
  7. 9 +143 11.34 F Magic Garden - Albert- Bartlett Est. Albert Bartlett · 250 g 4
  8. 10 Ostsnacks chili - knapriga & heta nuggets Coop · 250 g 4
  9. 11 Mozzarella Sticks Lindströms · 250 g 4
  10. 12 Chili Cheese Tops Dencon Foods · 250 g 4
  11. 13 Cheddar Cheese Jalapeño Lindströms · 250 g 4
  12. 14 Chili Cheese Nuggets Med Sötsur Sås Favorit · 250 g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.