Is Daisy COTTAGE CHEESE with Blueberries ultra-processed?

Fresh cheeses Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E327 Calcium lactate

12 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed fresh cheeses

2% Low-Fat Classic Cottage Cheese Good Culture 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
4% Milkfat Classic Cottage Cheese good CULTURE 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
2% Low-Fat Classic Good Culture 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Probiotic Cottage Cheese Nancy's 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

cottage cheese (processing marker) (skim milk), cream, salt (processing marker), blueberry fruit preparation (blueberries), water, cane sugar (processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), citric acid, calcium lactate (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E327 Calcium lactate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

cottage cheese: cultured skim milk, cream, salt, blueberry fruit preparation: blueberries, water, cane sugar, corn starch, citric acid, calcium lactate, natural flavor.

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.

E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 fresh cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 68th. 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 0073420531232, last edited 10 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.