Is it ultra-processed?
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Sliced cheeses, from least to most processed

We track 30 sliced cheeses, 17% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Emmental Slices.

What makes sliced cheeses ultra-processed

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

Processed food (25)

  1. 1 Emmental Slices Milbona · 400g 3
  2. 2 Gouda Tesco · 250g 3
  3. 3 Mild cheddar slices Simply... · 300 g 3
  4. 4 10 Mature Cheese Slices Tesco · 250g 3
  5. 5 Dutch Emmental Slices Emporium · 16 x 25 g 3
  6. 6 10 Mild Cheddar cheese slices Stamford Street Co. · 200g 3
  7. 7 Mozzarella Mild and Creamy Emporium · 250 g 3
  8. 8 Sliced Mozzarella Essential Waitrose & Partners · 250 g 3
  9. 9 Irish Mature White Cheese Rathdaragh · 200 g 3
  10. 10 Emmental cheese slices Sainsbury's · 250g 3
  11. 11 Cheddar with Black Pepper Aldi · 140g 3
  12. 12 10 Mature Cheddar Slices Asda · 250 g 3
  13. 13 Fresh Mozzarella Sliced BelGioioso · 16 oz 3
  14. 14 Light Dutch Cheese 8 Slices Leerdammer · 160g 3
  15. 15 Mozzarella Deli-sliced Cheese Happy Farms · 8 oz 3
  16. 16 Fresh Mozzarella Galbani · 16 oz 3
  17. 17 Garant Ekologisk skivad Gouda Axfood · 150 g 3
  18. 18 Farmers' Tasty Natural Cheese Slices - 45 pack Bega · 750g 3
  19. 19 Sliced Sharp Cheddar Great Value · 3 oz 3
  20. 20 Tasty Natural Slices Dairyworks · 500 g 3
  21. 21 Muenster Sliced Cheese Private Selection · 22 g 3
  22. 22 Coop Ekologisk Gouda Coop · 200 g (10 x 20 g) 3
  23. 23 Edamerost i skivor ICA Basic · 400 g ℮ 3
  24. 24 Natural Cheese Slices Beqa · 500 g 3
  25. 25 cracked black pepper cheese Lidl 3

Ultra-processed food (5)

  1. 26 Gouda tierno Milbona · 400 g 4
  2. 27 Variety Pack Finlandia · 2lb 4
  3. 28 Natural Cheddar Cheese Slices Cheer · 500 g 4
  4. 29 vesela kráva sýr Milbona · 300 g (16 x 18,75 g) 4
  5. 30 Cheddar style slices Black Diamond 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.