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Is Great Value Cottage Cheese ultra-processed?

750g Cheese spreads Sold in Canada

Pack of Great Value Cottage Cheese

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:

  • 5 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

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

milk ingredients ⚫ salt citric acid guar gum mono- and diglycerides, xanthan gum locust bean gum bacterial culture microbial enzyme carbon ⚫ dioxide, ingrédients (substances laitières sel acide citrique gomme de guar⚫ monoet 2% digh), 441

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

milk ingredients ⚫ salt citric acid guar gum mono - and diglycerides, xanthan gum locust bean gum bacterial culture microbial enzyme carbon ⚫ dioxide, contains: milk, • , ingrédients: substances laitières sel acide citrique gomme de guar⚫ mono - et 2% digh , 441

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.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 112 cheese spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 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 0628915830613, last edited 21 June 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.