Is Cathedral City Mature Cheddar Flavour ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed cheddar cheese
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Our Mature Cheddar
Cathedral City
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Our Extra Mature Cheddar
Cathedral City
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Extra Mature Cheddar
Cathedral City
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
3
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British Extra Mature Cheddar, Strength 5
Valley Spire
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rice Base (Water, Rice Syrup), Coconut Oil (processing marker) 26%, Modified Potato Starch (ultra-processing marker), Potato Starch (processing marker), Bamboo Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Calcium, Acid (Lactic Acid), Gelling Agent (ultra-processing marker) (Agar (ultra-processing marker)), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Carotenes (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160a Carotene , E270 Lactic acid , E406 Agar
As written on the pack
Rice Base (Water, Dried Rice Syrup), Coconut Oil (26%), Modified Potato Starch, Potato Starch, Bamboo Fibre, Sea Salt, Flavourings, Calcium, Acid (Lactic Acid), Gelling Agent (Agar). Colour (Carotenes).
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- 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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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.
- Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 155 cheddar cheese
From least to most processed, this one ranks 153rd. 28% of the cheddar cheese here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000295157408, last edited 9 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.