Cheddar cheese substitutes, from least to most processed

We track 9 cheddar cheese substitutes, 100% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Just Like Mature Cheddar Slices.

What makes cheddar cheese substitutes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cheddar cheese substitutes that contain each:

Ultra-processed food (9)

  1. 1 Just Like Mature Cheddar Slices Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  2. 2 Smoky cheddar flavour Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  3. 3 Vegansk cheddar smak, skivad Green Vie · 180 g NOVA group 4
  4. 4 Extra Mature Cheddar Flavour Cathedral City · 280g NOVA group 4
  5. 5 Veganska skivor med smak av cheddar ICA · 200 g NOVA group 4
  6. 6 Plant Based Mature Cheddar Cathedral City · 150 grams NOVA group 4
  7. 7 Plant Grated Mature Cheddar Vemondo · 200 g NOVA group 4
  8. 8 Coconut alternative to mature cheddar slices Vemondo · 180 g NOVA group 4
  9. 9 Coconut alternative to Mature Cheddar Vemondo · 200 g NOVA group 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.