Stretched-curd cheeses, from least to most processed

We track 82 stretched-curd cheeses, 13% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Mozzarella Slices.

What makes stretched-curd cheeses ultra-processed

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

Processed food (71)

  1. 1 Mozzarella Slices Tesco · 250g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Mozzarella Slices Asda · 220g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Mozzarella Mild and Creamy Emporium · 250 g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Sliced Mozzarella Essential Waitrose & Partners · 250 g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Mozzarella Grated Tesco · 250g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Mozzarella Grated Emporium · 250 g NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Taste the Difference Mozzarella di Bufala Campana D.O.P. Sainsbury's · 125 g NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Mozzarella di bufala Sainsburys NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Grated Mozzarella M&S · 250g NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Grated Mozzarella Cheese Valley Spire · 250 g NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Mozzarella Morrisons · 240 g NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Italian burrata Marks & spencer NOVA group 3
  13. 13 Grated mozzarella Waitrose NOVA group 3
  14. 14 Grated Mozzarella Everyday Essentials NOVA group 3
  15. 15 Grated Mozzarella Asda · 250g NOVA group 3
  16. 16 Grated Mozzarella Co Op · 250 g NOVA group 3
  17. 17 Grated mozzarella Sainsbury's · 250g NOVA group 3
  18. 18 Fresh Mozzarella Sliced BelGioioso · 16 oz NOVA group 3
  19. 19 Fresh Mozzarella BelGioioso · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  20. 20 Mozzarella Cheese Emporium Selection · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  21. 21 Mozzarella Deli-sliced Cheese Happy Farms · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  22. 22 Fresh Mozzarella Pearls BelGioioso · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  23. 23 String Cheese Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese Polly-O · 48 oz NOVA group 3
  24. 24 Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese Great Value NOVA group 3
  25. 25 Fresh Mozzarella Galbani · 16 oz NOVA group 3
  26. 26 Burrata Fresh Mozzarella Cheese Filled With Cream Trader Joe's · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  27. 27 Fresh Mozzarella Snacking Cheese Belgioioso NOVA group 3
  28. 28 Mild Mozzarella Dunnes Stores NOVA group 3
  29. 29 Great Value Sliced Mozzarella Great Value · 227 g NOVA group 3
  30. 30 ICA Mozzarella Di Bufala Campana D.O.P. ICA · 250 g (100 g) NOVA group 3
  31. 31 Mozzarella di Bufala Campana Coop · 100 g NOVA group 3
  32. 32 Zeta Italiensk Mozzarella Di Luca & Di Luca · 240 g (125 g) NOVA group 3
  33. 33 Mozzarella cheese Simply Nature NOVA group 3
  34. 34 Mozzarella cheese grated Supervalu · 400 g NOVA group 3
  35. 35 Mozzarella Cheese P'tit Québec NOVA group 3
  36. 36 ICA Mozzarella Caseificio Villa · 280 g (125 g) NOVA group 3
  37. 37 ICA i♥eco Ekologisk mozzarella Gennaro Auricchio · 280 g (125 g) NOVA group 3
  38. 38 Mozzarella Coop · 150 g NOVA group 3
  39. 39 Italian Mozzarella Waitrose Duchy Organic · 125g NOVA group 3
  40. 40 ・recycle・ 100% Recyclable Dunnes Stores Grated Moz Dunnes Stores NOVA group 3

Showing the first 40 of 71. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (11)

  1. 72 Mozzarella Pizza Saputo · 500 grams NOVA group 4
  2. 73 Pizza Mozzarella Armstrong · 400g NOVA group 4
  3. 74 Finely Shredded Mozzarella Organic Valley · 170g NOVA group 4
  4. 75 Burrata Garant NOVA group 4
  5. 76 Mozzarella Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese 365 Whole Foods Market NOVA group 4
  6. 77 Low Moisture Part Skim Shredded Mozzarella Cheese Kirkland Signature · 2.5 lb NOVA group 4
  7. 78 Shredded Lite Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese Trader Joe's · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  8. 79 Mozzarella Shredded Coles · 700g NOVA group 4
  9. 80 10 Mozzarella Slices Sainsbury's · 250g NOVA group 4
  10. 81 CHEESTRING FICELLO Marble - Marbré Black Diamond · 336 g NOVA group 4
  11. 82 Cheestrings Ficello Black Diamond · 40 x 21g 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.