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Is Cucina Italian style grated cheese ultra-processed?

Hard cheeses Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cucina Italian style grated cheese

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 6 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

medium fat hard cheese (medium fat hard cheese, preservative (lysozyme)), nutrition this pack contains approx, 16 servings typical values per 100g per tablespoon

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme

As written on the pack

medium fat hard cheese (medium fat hard cheese (milk), preservative: lysozyme (contains egg)), allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, nutrition this pack contains approx, 16 servings typical values per 100g per tablespoon

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 hard cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 7% of the hard 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 15 hard cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600287416, last edited 27 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.