Sheep's-milk cheeses, from least to most processed

We track 29 sheep's-milk cheeses, 7% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Greek Feta.

What makes sheep's-milk cheeses ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of sheep's-milk cheeses that contain each:

Processed food (27)

  1. 1 Greek Feta Tranos · 200 g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Barrel Aged Feta Tescos finest NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Greek Feta M&S Food · 200 g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Feta Olympus · 200g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Pecorino Romano 6 mesi Zeta · 150 g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Feta Tesco · 200 g NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Greek Feta Emporium NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Feta Morrisons · 200 g NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Färskriven pecorino Zeta · 100 g NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Organic Feta Kirkland Signature · 800 g NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese Locatelli · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Feta Authentic Greek Cheese (Pdo) In Brine Dodoni · 400 g NOVA group 3
  13. 13 Feta Chese Greek Family Farm NOVA group 3
  14. 14 Authentic Greek Feta in Brine Trader Joe's · 10.5 OZ (298g) NOVA group 3
  15. 15 Feta Dodoni · 1 kg NOVA group 3
  16. 16 Feta Zeta · 150 g NOVA group 3
  17. 17 grekisk fetaost Ica · 150g NOVA group 3
  18. 18 Feta Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  19. 19 Feta Coop · 150 g NOVA group 3
  20. 20 Feta Fontana · 100 g NOVA group 3
  21. 21 Feta Hellenic Dairies S.s NOVA group 3
  22. 22 Feta Garant · 150 g NOVA group 3
  23. 23 Feta ekologisk Olympus · 150 g NOVA group 3
  24. 24 Feta original Olympus · 100 g NOVA group 3
  25. 25 Feta med havssalt Zeta · 150 g NOVA group 3
  26. 26 Manchego Cheese Tesco NOVA group 3
  27. 27 Manchego Sheep Cheese La Gruta del Sol · 0.525lb NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 28 Feta Crumbles President · 24 oz NOVA group 4
  2. 29 Manchego Sainsbury's · 170 gr 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.