Is 365 Organic Cottage Cheese ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed cottage cheeses
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Organic To Go Cottage Cheese
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3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
1
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Cottage Cheese Pure & Natural
Daisy
3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Cottage Cheese
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3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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2% Low-Fat Classic Cottage Cheese
Good Culture
8 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
nonfat milk, milk, cream, stabilizers (sea salt (processing marker), locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), agar (ultra-processing marker)), carbon dioxide (ultra-processing marker) (to maintain freshness (processing marker))
Additives: E290 Carbon dioxide , E406 Agar , E410 Locust bean gum
As written on the pack
CULTURED ORGANIC NONFAT MILK, ORGANIC MILK, ORGANIC CREAM, STABILIZERS (SEA SALT,, ORGANIC LOCUST BEAN GUM, AGAR), CARBON DIOXIDE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS)
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E290 Carbon dioxide Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Among 95 cottage cheeses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 77th. 44% of the cottage cheeses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0099482473556, last edited 18 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.