Is Lundberg Family Farms Organic Rice Cake Minis White Cheddar ultra-processed?

5 oz Cheeses from the United Kingdom Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

12 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed cheeses from the United Kingdom

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

Regenerative Certified Brown Rice, Oleic Sunflower Oil, Brown Rice Flour, Natural Flavor (ultra-processing marker), Nonfat Milk, Sea Salt (processing marker), Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Sour Cream, Cane Sugar (processing marker), Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Regenerative Organic Certified Brown Rice, Oleic Sunflower Oil, Brown Rice Flour, Natural Flavor, Nonfat Milk, Sea Salt, Cheddar Cheese, Sour Cream, Cane Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 184 cheeses from the United Kingdom

From least to most processed, this one ranks 146th. 32% of the cheeses from the United Kingdom 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 184 cheeses from the United Kingdom, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0073416305137, last edited 25 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.