Is Everyday Essentials Cheesy Singles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed cheeses
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Partially Reconstituted Dried Skimmed Milk Palm Oil, cheese (processing marker) 22%, Skimmed Milk Powder (processing marker), Modified Potato Starch (ultra-processing marker), Emulsifying Salts (Triphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), Potassium Phosphate Salt, Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Acid Citric Acid Colour (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E451 Triphosphates
As written on the pack
Partially Reconstituted Dried Skimmed Milk Palm Oil, CHEESE (22%) (Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Modified Potato Starch, Emulsifying Salts: Triphosphates, Potassium Phosphate Salt, Whey Powder (Milk), Acid Citric Acid Colour: Paprika Extract
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- 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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
Among 1,223 cheeses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1076th. 38% of the cheeses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459357417, 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.
- 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.