Is Happy Farms by ALDI Mild Cheddar shredded cheese ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed cheddar cheese
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Cheddar Cheese
Cabot Creamery
4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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New York White Cheddar Cheese
Emporium Selection
8 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Vintage Cheddar
Ivy’s Reserve
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Reserve Cheddar Cheese
Kerrygold
4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
tear here, RESEALABLE BAG Happy farms® by ALDI MILD CHEDDAR shredded cheese HAPPY FARMS® CHEESES ARE AVAILABLE IN MANY VARIETIES and STYLES INCLUDING CHEESE BLOCKS, deli slices, cheeses (processing marker), SPREADS ENJOY THEM ALL! Nut ition Faet 16 ser container Serving size Personal Amount Per Serving Calories 10 Total Fat 9g %Daily Value, Saturated Faj 5g 12% Trans Fat 0g 25% Cholesterol 25mg Sodium 180mg Total Carbohydrate 2g Dietary Fiber 0a Total Sugers 0g 8% 8% 1% 0% Includes 0g Added Sugars Protein 6g Vitamin D 02 mcg Calcium 190mg 2% Iron 0mg 15° Potassium 20mg 0, The % Daily Value (DV), tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2‚000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice CHEDDAR CHEESE, milk, salt (processing marker), microbial enzymes, annatto (ultra-processing marker) (vegetable color), potato starch (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor (processing marker)), dist, sold exclusively by (aldi), batavia, il 60510 keep refrigerated for best quality, USE and FREEZE BY DATE ON FRONT ONCE OPENED, use within 5 days may be frozen for up to 2 months before opening, REFREEZING NOT RECOMMENDED ALDI Twice as Nice GUARANTEE how2recye PLASTIC © item replaced © money refunded POUCH
Additives: E160b Annatto , E235 Natamycin
As written on the pack
TEAR HERE - RESEALABLE BAG Happy farms® by ALDI MILD CHEDDAR shredded cheese HAPPY FARMS® CHEESES ARE AVAILABLE IN MANY VARIETIES AND STYLES INCLUDING CHEESE BLOCKS, DELI SLICES, SHREDDED CHEESES AND SPREADS ENJOY THEM ALL! Nut ition Faet 16 ser container Serving size Personal Amount Per Serving Calories 10 Total Fat 9g %Daily Value• Saturated Faj 5g 12% Trans Fat 0g 25% Cholesterol 25mg Sodium 180mg Total Carbohydrate 2g Dietary Fiber 0a Total Sugers 0g 8% 8% 1% 0% Includes 0g Added Sugars Protein 6g Vitamin D 02 mcg Calcium 190mg 2% Iron 0mg 15° Potassium 20mg 0° • The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR]) ANTI-CAKING BLEND (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, NATAMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]) CONTAINS: MILK DIST , SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY: ALDI, BATAVIA, IL 60510 KEEP REFRIGERATED FOR BEST QUALITY, USE OR FREEZE BY DATE ON FRONT ONCE OPENED, USE WITHIN 5 DAYS MAY BE FROZEN FOR UP TO 2 MONTHS BEFORE OPENING, REFREEZING NOT RECOMMENDED ALDI Twice as Nice GUARANTEE how2recye PLASTIC © item replaced © money refunded POUCH GLUTEN FREE
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.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
5 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 155 cheddar cheese
From least to most processed, this one ranks 130th. 28% of the cheddar cheese here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100013511, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.