Is Kirkland Signature Shredded Tex Mex 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
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed grated cheese
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Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
Kirkland Signature
4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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British Mature Cheddar Grated
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2 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Shredded Mexican-Style Blend Cheese
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26 ingredients · 1 additive
NOVA group
3
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Mozzarella Grated
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2 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
milk (ultra-processing marker), milk ingredients (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Bacterial culture, Jalapeno peppers, Calcium chloride, Microbial enzyme, Annatto (ultra-processing marker), Cellulose (ultra-processing marker), Natamycin, Ingrédients (Lait pasteurisé), Substances laitières modifiées, Sel, Culture bactérienne, Piments jalapeno, Chlorure de calcium, Enzyme microbien, Rocou, Cellulose (ultra-processing marker), Natamycine, Contient (Lait, Consumers with food allergies and food sensitivities), please read the ingredient statement carefully, Les consommateurs souffrant d'allergies ou d'intolérances alimentaires doivent lire attentivement la liste des ingrédients
Additives: E160b Annatto , E235 Natamycin , E460 Cellulose
As written on the pack
Pasteurized milk, Modified milk ingredients, Salt, Bacterial culture, Jalapeno peppers, Calcium chloride, Microbial enzyme, Annatto, Cellulose, Natamycin. Contains: Milk. Ingrédients: Lait pasteurisé, Substances laitières modifiées, Sel, Culture bactérienne, Piments jalapeno, Chlorure de calcium, Enzyme microbien, Rocou, Cellulose, Natamycine. Contient : Lait. Consumers with food allergies or food sensitivities, please read the ingredient statement carefully. Les consommateurs souffrant d'allergies ou d'intolérances alimentaires doivent lire attentivement la liste des ingrédients.
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.
- E460 Cellulose 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.
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.
Among 73 grated cheese
From least to most processed, this one ranks 72nd. 33% of the grated cheese here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619163762, last edited 27 August 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.