Cheese substitutes, from least to most processed

We track 47 cheese substitutes, 91% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Brixton Blue Vegan Cheese.

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What makes cheese substitutes ultra-processed

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

Processed food (4)

  1. 1 Brixton Blue Vegan Cheese La Fauxmagerie NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Rigotta I Am Nut Ok · 140g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Mozzarella Low Moisture Part-Skim Shredded Sprouts Farmers Market · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Blue plant based cheese Honestly Tasty · 100g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (43)

  1. 5 Greek White panetto Violife · 230g NOVA group 4
  2. 6 Supreme Creamy Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  3. 7 just like FETA Violife · 230 g NOVA group 4
  4. 8 creamy original Violife · 200g NOVA group 4
  5. 9 Creamy Almond Milk Spread Nush · 150 g NOVA group 4
  6. 10 Just Like Mature Cheddar Slices Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  7. 11 Creamy Almond Spread Chive Nush · 150 g NOVA group 4
  8. 12 Vegan greek style Vemondo · 200g NOVA group 4
  9. 13 Plant-based mozzarella shredded Bettergoods · 28 g NOVA group 4
  10. 14 Mozzarella flavour Slices Violife · 160 g NOVA group 4
  11. 15 Dairy-Free Swiss Slices Daiya · 7.8 oz NOVA group 4
  12. 16 italian style grated Vemondo · 100 g NOVA group 4
  13. 17 Just Like Mozzarella Cheese Alternative For Pizza Block Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  14. 18 Creamy Original Slices Chao Creamery · 200 g NOVA group 4
  15. 19 Coconut oil alternative to grated mozzarella Plant Chef · 200g NOVA group 4
  16. 20 Original grated Violife · 175g NOVA group 4
  17. 21 Violife 100% vegan original flavour slices Arivia Food Limited Liability Company · 200g NOVA group 4
  18. 22 Smoky cheddar flavour Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  19. 23 Epic Mature cheddar flavour Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  20. 24 Vegan cheddar style Vemondo · 225 g NOVA group 4
  21. 25 Original Flavour - Grated Violife · 200 g NOVA group 4
  22. 26 Vegansk cheddar smak, skivad Green Vie · 180 g NOVA group 4
  23. 27 Extra Mature Cheddar Flavour Cathedral City · 280g NOVA group 4
  24. 28 oddly good veggie grsted Mozzarella flavour Oddlygood;Valio · 150g NOVA group 4
  25. 29 Plant Based Grated Cheese Pure NOVA group 4
  26. 30 Creamy & Smoky Vegan Block Applewood · 200 g NOVA group 4
  27. 31 Applewood vegan slices Applewood · 200g NOVA group 4
  28. 32 Mozzarella style block Nurish NOVA group 4
  29. 33 Veganska skivor med smak av cheddar ICA · 200 g NOVA group 4
  30. 34 Prosociano Wedge 150g Violife Violife · 150 g NOVA group 4
  31. 35 Plant Based Mature Cheddar Cathedral City · 150 grams NOVA group 4
  32. 36 Mature Cheddar Flavour Cathedral City · 280 g NOVA group 4
  33. 37 Cheddarton block Violife · 200g NOVA group 4
  34. 38 Plant Grated Mature Cheddar Vemondo · 200 g NOVA group 4
  35. 39 PLANT VEVA LE MENU Mature - Grated- coconut oil ba Aldi · 200 g NOVA group 4
  36. 40 Cheddarton Violife · 200g NOVA group 4
  37. 41 Coconut alternative to mature cheddar slices Vemondo · 180 g NOVA group 4
  38. 42 Plant Based Large Slices Cathedral City · 150 g NOVA group 4
  39. 43 Grated Sheese Vegan Mozzarella Style Sheese · 200g NOVA group 4
  40. 44 Mature Slices Aldi · 180 g NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 43. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.