Is Lidl Simply 15 Cheese Slices ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed cheeses
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
4056489 457633, quot, gt, processed slices made with cheese and palm oil best before (ingredients skimmed milk), palm oil 22%, cheese (processing marker) 21%, skimmed milk powder (processing marker), modified starch (ultra-processing marker), emulsifying salts (triphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), potassium phosphates, salt (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), acid (citric acid), colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker)), 10 storage instructions keep refrigerated
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E451 Triphosphates
As written on the pack
4056489 457633,quot,,gt, processed slices made with cheese and palm oil best before: ingredients skimmed milk, 22% palm oil, 21% cheese (milk), skimmed milk powder, modified starch, emulsifying salts: triphosphates, potassium phosphates, salt, whey powder (milk), acid: citric acid, colour: paprika extract, allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold, 10 storage instructions keep refrigerated,
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- 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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 1,224 cheeses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1164th. 38% of the cheeses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489457633, last edited 6 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.