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Is Chao Creamery Creamy Original Slices ultra-processed?

200 g Cheese substitutes Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Chao Creamery Creamy Original Slices

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

filtered water, coconut oil, modified potato starch, modified corn starch, potato starch, tofu (soybeans, water, salt, sesame oil), sea salt, natural flavor, olive (antioxidant used as a preservative), beta carotene (color)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene

As written on the pack

FILTERED WATER, COCONUT OIL, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, POTATO STARCH, FERMENTED TOFU (SOYBEANS, WATER, SALT, SESAME OIL), SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, OLIVE EXTRACT (ANTIOXIDANT USED AS A PRESERVATIVE), BETA CAROTENE (COLOR)

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 47 cheese substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 91% of the cheese substitutes 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 47 cheese substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0638031705702, last edited 26 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.