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Cow cheeses, from least to most processed

We track 250 cow cheeses, 22% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Our Mature Cheddar.

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What makes cow cheeses ultra-processed

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

Processed food (195)

  1. 1 Our Mature Cheddar Cathedral City · 350 g 3
  2. 2 Our Extra Mature Cheddar Cathedral City · 350 g 3
  3. 3 French Brie Milbona · 200g 3
  4. 4 Extra Mature Cheddar Cathedral City · 550 g 3
  5. 5 British Extra Mature Cheddar, Strength 5 Valley Spire · 400g 3
  6. 6 Mature Cheddar, Strength 3 Tesco · 400 g 3
  7. 7 British Mature Cheddar Aldi · 400 g 3
  8. 8 Mini Mature Cheddar Cathedral City · 6 x 20 g 3
  9. 9 Extra Mature Cheddar Tesco · 400g 3
  10. 10 Emmental Slices Milbona · 400g 3
  11. 11 Young Gouda Milbona · 400g 3
  12. 12 Emmental Tesco · 250g 3
  13. 13 Mature Cheddar Creamfields · 400g 3
  14. 14 French Brie Creamfields · 200 g 3
  15. 15 Extra Creamy Brie Castello · 200g 3
  16. 16 Gouda Tesco · 250g 3
  17. 17 British Mature Cheddar sainsbury's SO organic · 270 g 3
  18. 18 British Extra Mature Cheddar, Strength 5 Lidl · 800g 3
  19. 19 Extra Mature Cheddar Pilgrim’s Choice · 350g 3
  20. 20 British Extra Mature Cheddar Emporium · 400 g 3
  21. 21 Mature White Cheddar Lidl · 900 g 3
  22. 22 10 Mature Cheddar Slices Tesco · 250 g 3
  23. 23 Mild cheddar slices Simply... · 300 g 3
  24. 24 Vintage Cheddar Ivy’s Reserve 3
  25. 25 Dutch Gouda Emporium · 198 g 3
  26. 26 Medium cheddar Tesco · 400 g 3
  27. 27 Extra Mature Cheddar 30% less fat Cathedral City 3
  28. 28 Mature cheddar slices 50% less fat Valley spire 3
  29. 29 Half fat mature cheddar Emporium · 400 g 3
  30. 30 Mild White Cheddar Asda · 825 g 3
  31. 31 Mild cheese Creamfields Tesco · 400 g 3
  32. 32 Mature Cheddar Morrisons 3
  33. 33 Emmental Président · 200 g 3
  34. 34 Dutch Emmental Slices Emporium · 16 x 25 g 3
  35. 35 Davidstow Cornish Cheddar (Vintage) Waitrose · 550 g 3
  36. 36 Cheddar mild Cathedral City · 350g 3
  37. 37 Comté TESCO finest · 180g 3
  38. 38 Mild cheddar Tesco · 250g 3
  39. 39 Extra Mature Devonshire Cheddar Castello Tickler 3
  40. 40 Extra Mature British Cheddar Waitrose · 750g 3

Showing the first 40 of 195. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (55)

  1. 196 Select Red Cheddar Charleville 4
  2. 197 Smoky Cheddar Original Slices Applewood · 160 g 4
  3. 198 Smoke Flavoured Cheddar Cheese Wedge Applewood · 185 gr 4
  4. 199 Provolone Sargento · 226 g (12 x 18.8 g) 4
  5. 200 Extra Old Cheddar Cheese PC • Loblaws · 400 g 4
  6. 201 Pizza Mozzarella Armstrong · 400g 4
  7. 202 Barber’s Truffle Cheese Sainsbury's Taste The Difference 4
  8. 203 Medium Cheddar Cheese Tillamook · 1 4
  9. 204 Smoky Cheddar Slices with Paprika Dusting Valley Spire · 140g 4
  10. 205 Gouda tierno Milbona · 400 g 4
  11. 206 Sliced Sharp Cheddar Cheese Trader Joe's · 12 oz (340 g) 4
  12. 207 Mild cheddar slice Happy Farms · 8 oz 4
  13. 208 New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese Adams Reserve · 44 slices, 2 pounds, 907 grams 4
  14. 209 EXTRA SHARP CHEDDAR cheese Happy Farms · 8 oz 4
  15. 210 Ultra Thin Provolone Natural Cheese Sargento · 32 g 4
  16. 211 Mild Cheddar cheese Happy Farms · 8 oz 4
  17. 212 Pirate& booty aged white cheddar puffs Pirate's Booty · 4 oz 4
  18. 213 Red Leicester Creamfields 4
  19. 214 Sharp Cheddar Sliced Cheddar Cheese Sargento · 21 g 4
  20. 215 Sharp Cheddar finely shredded cheese Happy Farms by ALDI · 336 g 4
  21. 216 Hamburgerost cheddar smak ICA 4
  22. 217 Original Mexicana Cheddar Slices Mexicana · 160 gr 4
  23. 218 Mild Cheddar shredded cheese Happy Farms by ALDI · 16 oz 4
  24. 219 Irish Mature Red Cheddar Cheese Rathdaragh · 350 g 4
  25. 220 Irish Medium Red Sliced Cheddar Aldi · 350 g 4
  26. 221 Medium Cheddar Cheddar Cheese Tillamook · 8 oz 4
  27. 222 Extra Sharp Cheddar Tillamook 4
  28. 223 Medium Cheddar Tillamook 4
  29. 224 Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese Tillamook · 32 oz 4
  30. 225 Cheese spread Light Milbona · 200 g 4
  31. 226 Medium Cheddar Cheese Slices Lucerne Dairy Farms · 8 oz 4
  32. 227 Grated Irish Red Cheddar & Mozzarella Cheese Rathdaragh 4
  33. 228 Extra Old Cheddar Natural Cheese Cracker Barrel · 400 g 4
  34. 229 old cheddar cheese No Name 4
  35. 230 Extra mature gouda Aldi · 180g 4
  36. 231 Coloured Mature Cheddar Orkney · 200g 4
  37. 232 Spreadable strong mature cheddar Emporium · 150g 4
  38. 233 heese Kraft · 226 g 4
  39. 234 Fat Free Natural Cheddar Cheese Kraft 4
  40. 235 Triple Cheddar Blend Farmstyle Shreds Tillamook · 8 oz 4

Showing the first 40 of 55. 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.