Cream cheeses, from least to most processed

We track 122 cream cheeses, 64% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Full Fat Soft Cheese.

What makes cream cheeses ultra-processed

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

Processed food (44)

  1. 1 Full Fat Soft Cheese Sainsbury's · 300 g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Quark Grahams · 250g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Quark Tesco · 250 g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Creamy Soft Cheese Marks & Spencers NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Full Fat Soft Cheese Tesco · 200g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Icelandic Style Yogurt Arla Skyr · 1kg NOVA group 3
  7. 7 lighter SOFT CHEESE Sainsbury's · 250g NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Cream Cheese Paysan Breton · 150 g NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Full fat curd cheese Twarog · 250 g NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Reduced Fat Soft Cheese Waitrose NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Quark Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Gazi Krem Kaymak Gazi · 200 g NOVA group 3
  13. 13 Cream Cheese Spread Philadelphia · 48 oz (3 lb) 1.36kg NOVA group 3
  14. 14 Maitorahka / Kvarg Milbona · 500 g NOVA group 3
  15. 15 Naturell Kvarg Eldorado · 500g NOVA group 3
  16. 16 Arla Yoghurtkvarg Naturell Arla · 1000 g NOVA group 3
  17. 17 Französischer Frischkäse aus Ziegenmilch Chêne d'argent · 150 g NOVA group 3
  18. 18 Natural Cream Cheese Product Original Tre Stelle · 200g NOVA group 3
  19. 19 Färskost Naturell Eldorado · 300 g NOVA group 3
  20. 20 ICA Basic Lättkvarg ICA Basic · 500 g NOVA group 3
  21. 21 Arla Yoghurtkvarg Naturell laktosfri Arla · 1000 g NOVA group 3
  22. 22 ICA Färskost naturell ICA · 125 g NOVA group 3
  23. 23 Milbona Soft Cheese free from lactose AF Deutschland · 200 g NOVA group 3
  24. 24 reduced fat soft cheese with garlic and herbs M&S NOVA group 3
  25. 25 ICA Lättkvarg Naturell ICA · 500 g NOVA group 3
  26. 26 Färskost eko Arla · 150g NOVA group 3
  27. 27 Boursin portions garlic & herbs Boursin · 96 g (6 x 16 g) NOVA group 3
  28. 28 Cream Cheese Spread Plain Good Culture · 7 oz NOVA group 3
  29. 29 Original Philadelphia Fresh Creamy Taste Philadelphia · 250g NOVA group 3
  30. 30 Probiotic Cream Cheese Nancy's · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  31. 31 Färskost Paprika Arla · 150 g NOVA group 3
  32. 32 Heinz Tomato, Grana Padano & Mascarpone Pasta Sauce Heinz · 350g NOVA group 3
  33. 33 daysi sour cream BelGioioso · 1 NOVA group 3
  34. 34 granarolo Mascarpone Granarolo · 250 g NOVA group 3
  35. 35 Italian Marscapone Emporium NOVA group 3
  36. 36 Mascarpone Emporium · 250 g NOVA group 3
  37. 37 Mascarpone Zeta · 250 g NOVA group 3
  38. 38 Mascarpone Tesco · 250g NOVA group 3
  39. 39 Italian Mascarpone Asda · 250g NOVA group 3
  40. 40 Mascarpone Free From lactose* Milbona · 250 g NOVA group 3

Showing the first 40 of 44. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (78)

  1. 45 Soft Cheese Smooth & Tasty Creamfields · 200g NOVA group 4
  2. 46 Savers soft cheese Morrisons · 200 g NOVA group 4
  3. 47 Soft Cheese Asda NOVA group 4
  4. 48 Almette - Whippet cream cheese Hochland · 150g NOVA group 4
  5. 49 Original Cream Cheese Tillamook NOVA group 4
  6. 50 Skyr fat free strawberry yogurt Skyr · 450 g NOVA group 4
  7. 51 Arla Färskost Naturell med Kvarg Arla · 150 g NOVA group 4
  8. 52 Cantadou Paprika och chili Cantadou · 125 g NOVA group 4
  9. 53 Skyr, Passion Fruit, Mango & Papaya Graham’s · 450g NOVA group 4
  10. 54 Cheese Spread herbs Milbona · 200 g NOVA group 4
  11. 55 cream cheese Philadelphia · 2 x 8 oz NOVA group 4
  12. 56 Cream Cheese Spread Organic Valley · 8 oz NOVA group 4
  13. 57 Original Cream Cheese Philadelphia · 48 oz NOVA group 4
  14. 58 Cream Cheese Organic Valley · 226 g NOVA group 4
  15. 59 Cream Cheese Great Value · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  16. 60 Full fat soft cheese Philadelphia · 165g NOVA group 4
  17. 61 Protein Cream Cheese Philadelphia · pot 165g NOVA group 4
  18. 62 Lightest Philadelphia · 180 g NOVA group 4
  19. 63 Philadelphia Original Philadelphia NOVA group 4
  20. 64 Milbona Soft Cheese Spread with Herbs Milbona · 125 g NOVA group 4
  21. 65 Crème Bonjour laktosfri färskost vitlök Crème Bonjour · 200 g NOVA group 4
  22. 66 Philadelphia naturell Philadelphia · 200 g NOVA group 4
  23. 67 Organic Cream Cheese Spread Clover Sonoma. · 8 oz NOVA group 4
  24. 68 Arla Yoghurtkvarg Vanilj laktosfri Arla · 1000 g NOVA group 4
  25. 69 Philadelphia intense herbes de provence Philadelphia NOVA group 4
  26. 70 Soft Cheese Original Emporium · 200g NOVA group 4
  27. 71 California Soft Cheese 180 g NOVA group 4
  28. 72 Whipped Cream Cheese Trader Joe's · 8 oz (227 g) NOVA group 4
  29. 73 Philadelphia Naturell 500g Mondelez Norge As · 500g NOVA group 4
  30. 74 Raspberry Quark Graham's · 200 g NOVA group 4
  31. 75 PHILADELPHIA GARLIC & HERBS www. For delicious vis Philadelphia NOVA group 4
  32. 76 Cantadou Extra vitlök Cantadou · 125 g NOVA group 4
  33. 77 Lightest Herbs Philadelphia Philadelphia · 165g NOVA group 4
  34. 78 Whipped original Whipped Cream Cheese Spread Philadelphia · 8oz NOVA group 4
  35. 79 Light Philadelphia Philadelphia · 200 gram NOVA group 4
  36. 80 Cream Cheese Product Philadelphia · 500 g NOVA group 4
  37. 81 Light Philadelphia · 180 g NOVA group 4
  38. 82 Original Cream Cheese Product Philadelphia · 340 g NOVA group 4
  39. 83 Kiri Greek style Kiri · 200g NOVA group 4
  40. 84 Mild Kvarg Persika Passion Arla · 1000g NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 78. 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.