Soft cheeses, from least to most processed

We track 27 soft cheeses, 22% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is French Brie.

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What makes soft cheeses ultra-processed

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

Processed food (21)

  1. 1 French Brie Milbona · 200g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 French Brie Creamfields · 200 g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Extra Creamy Brie Castello · 200g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Greek Style Salad Cheese Simply · 200g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Camembert d'Isigny Sainte Mère Tesco finest · 250g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Somerset brie Waitrose · 230 g NOVA group 3
  7. 7 far free quark soft cheese Waitrose NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Somerset Brie Asda · 160 g NOVA group 3
  9. 9 French Mild Brie Sainsbury's · 200g NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Extra Creamy Brie President · 200 g NOVA group 3
  11. 11 full fat soft cheese Milbona (Lidl) NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Imported French Brie Kirkland Signature NOVA group 3
  13. 13 Brie Axfood NOVA group 3
  14. 14 Brillat Savarin Affine Fromagerie Lincet · 200 g NOVA group 3
  15. 15 Kolibrie - Imported French Brie Wernersson · 8.82 oz / 250 g NOVA group 3
  16. 16 Petit Brie CF&R · 500g NOVA group 3
  17. 17 Kolibrie Wernersson · 500g NOVA group 3
  18. 18 Soft cheese Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  19. 19 Saint André CF&R · 200 g NOVA group 3
  20. 20 Brie ICA · 200 g NOVA group 3
  21. 21 Brie Lactalis · 125 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 22 California Soft Cheese 180 g NOVA group 4
  2. 23 PHILADELPHIA GARLIC & HERBS www. For delicious vis Philadelphia NOVA group 4
  3. 24 Garlic & Herbs Philadelphia · 165g NOVA group 4
  4. 25 Medium fat soft cheese with chives Philadelphia · 165g NOVA group 4
  5. 26 SaffransOst Kavli · 175 g NOVA group 4
  6. 27 Reduced Fat Soft Cheese Garlic & Herbs Emporium · 200 g 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.