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Is Milbona Gouda cheese ultra-processed?

400 g Processed cheese in slices Sold in Ireland, Greece and Spain

Pack of Milbona Gouda cheese

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 2 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

gouda cheese, full fat

As written on the pack

gouda cheese - full fat

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 processed cheese in slices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 67% of the processed cheese in slices 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 9 processed cheese in slices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489091585, last edited 14 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.