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Is Great Value Herb & Garlic Cream Cheese Product ultra-processed?

Cream cheeses Sold in Canada

Pack of Great Value Herb & Garlic Cream Cheese Product

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cream cheeses

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, Salt, Bacterial culture, Dehydrated onion, parsley, garlic, Natural flavour, Guar gum, Propylene glycol alginate, Xanthan gum, Carrageenan, Locust bean gum, Citric acid, Lactic acid, Substances laitières modifiées, Sel, Culture bactérienne, Oignon déshydraté, Persil séché, Poudre d'ail rôti, Arôme naturel, Gomme de guar, Alginate de propylèneglycol, Gomme xanthane, Carraghénine, Gomme de caroube, Acide citrique, Acide lactique

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Modified milk, Salt, Bacterial culture, Dehydrated onion, Dried parsley, Roasted garlic powder, Natural flavour, Guar gum, Propylene glycol alginate, Xanthan gum, Carrageenan, Locust bean gum, Citric acid, Lactic acid, Contains: Milk, Substances laitières modifiées, Sel, Culture bactérienne, Oignon déshydraté, Persil séché, Poudre d'ail rôti, Arôme naturel, Gomme de guar, Alginate de propylèneglycol, Gomme xanthane, Carraghénine, Gomme de caroube, Acide citrique, Acide lactique

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.

  • E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.

  • Milk An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 122 cream cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 117th. 64% of the cream 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 122 cream cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0628915362350, last edited 1 April 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.