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Is Daiya Mozzarella Shreds ultra-processed?

Vegetable fats Sold in the United States

Pack of Daiya Mozzarella Shreds

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
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed vegetable fats

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, tapioca starch, coconut oil, NON-GMO CANOLA oil, safflower oil, natural flavors, sea salt, tricalcium phosphate, potato maltodextrin, potato protein isolate, lactic acid, konjac gum, xanthan gum, yeast extract, fruit, vegetable juice

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E425 Konjac , E425i Konjac gum

As written on the pack

FILTERED WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, COCONUT OIL, NON-GMO EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA oil, SAFFLOWER OIL, NATURAL FLAVORS, SEA SALT, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, POTATO PROTEIN ISOLATE, LACTIC ACID, KONJAC GUM, XANTHAN GUM, YEAST EXTRACT, FRUIT AND/OR VEGETABLE JUICE

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E425 Konjac 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 623 vegetable fats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 557th. 35% of the vegetable fats 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 623 vegetable fats, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0871459003207, last edited 1 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.