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Is Bulla Cottage Cheese ultra-processed?

200g Fresh cheeses Sold in Australia

Pack of Bulla Cottage Cheese

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fresh cheeses

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

skim milk, poe 25% 12.4g xanthan gum, locust bean gum, processed 3 1.8g eucheuma seaweed, acidity regulator sh1.3g (citric acid), culture, 46 2 5, more than 3% milk fat, bole 6 15 294mg friendly 13%6

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E415 Xanthan gum.

As written on the pack

fresh skim milk, poe 25% 12.4g xanthan gum, locust bean gum, processed 3 1.8g eucheuma seaweed), acidity regulator sh1.3g (citric acid), culture. 46 2 5.0g contains: milk. a29 contains no more than 3% milk fat. bole 6 15 294mg vegetarian friendly 13%6 100mg

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.

  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 fresh cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 70th. 37% of the fresh cheeses here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 91 fresh cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310161005006, last edited 7 August 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.