Is Mini Cheddars Red Leicester ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed cheeses
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Palm Vegetable Oil), Cheese (processing marker) 6%, Cheddar (processing marker), Red Leicester Cheese Flavouring (Salt (processing marker), Wheat Flour, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Buttermilk, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), cid (Citric Acid), Gum Arabic (ultra-processing marker)), Glucos Syrup, Sugar (processing marker), Whey (ultra-processing marker), Barley Ma, Fxtract, Ammenium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt (processing marker), Lactic Acid, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), including cereals containing gluten, Quality Guarantee Please contact us on our Careline if you chy feedback on our products, and write Consumer Services Team, enclosing y Th
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oil (Palm), Dried Powdered Cheese (6%) (Milk), Cheddar and Red Leicester Cheese Flavouring (Milk) [Salt, Wheat Flour, Natural Flavourings, Dried Buttermilk, Maltodextrin, Sugar, / cid (Citric Acid), Emulsifier (Gum Arabic)], Glucos Syrup, Sugar, Dried Whey (Milk), Barley Ma.. Fxtract, Raising Agents (Ammenium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Salt, Acid (Lactic Acid), Natural Flavourings. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Soya. No artificial colours or flavours. Quality Guarantee Please contact us on our Careline if you chy feedback on our products, or write Consumer Services Team, enclosing y Th
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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 1,223 cheeses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1111th. 38% of the cheeses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000168035291, last edited 20 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.