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Is Emporium Cheese Spread ultra-processed?

150 g Cheese spreads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Emporium Cheese Spread

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cheese spreads

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

Skimmed Milk (Water, Skimmed Milk Powder), monterey jack cheese, medium fat soft cheese 7% (Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Sea Salt), Emulsifying Salts (Triphosphates), Polyphosphates, Sodium Phosphates Whey Powder, Fructo-oligosaccharides, Modified Maize Starch Butter, Acid (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E451 Triphosphates , E452 Polyphosphates

As written on the pack

Partially Reconstituted Skimmed Milk (Water, Skimmed Milk Powder), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (MILK) (34%), MEDIUM FAT SOFT CHEESE (7%) (Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Sea Salt), Emulsifying Salts: Triphosphates, Polyphosphates, Sodium Phosphates Whey Powder (Milk), Fructo-oligosaccharides, Modified Maize Starch Butter (Milk), Acid: Citric Acid. ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.

  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
4 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 112 cheese spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 78% of the cheese spreads 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 112 cheese spreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600047140, last edited 5 May 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.