Is Coles Mozzarella Shredded ultra-processed?

700g Mozzarella Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E460 Cellulose

13 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed mozzarella

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

Mozzarella Cheese (processing marker) (Milk, Salt (processing marker), Mineral (Salt (processing marker) (509)), Culture, Enzyme (Rennet)), Anticaking Agent (processing marker) (460), Preservative (processing marker) (200)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E460 Cellulose , E509 Calcium chloride

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E460 Cellulose.

As written on the pack

Mozzarella Cheese [Milk, Salt, Mineral Salt (509), Culture (Milk), Enzyme (Vegetarian Rennet)] Anticaking Agent (460), Preservative (200).

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.

E460 Cellulose 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.

5 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.
Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 72 mozzarella

From least to most processed, this one ranks 71st. 10% of the mozzarella 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 72 mozzarella, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300601967940, last edited 15 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.