Is No Name cottage cheese ultra-processed?

500 g Cheese spreads Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E290 Carbon dioxide
E410 Locust bean gum
E412 Guar gum
E415 Xanthan gum
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

10 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed cheese spreads

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

milk ingredients, salt (processing marker), citric acid, guar gum (ultra-processing marker), palm mono- and diglycerides, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), carob bean gum (ultra-processing marker), bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, carbon dioxide (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E290 Carbon dioxide , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

milk ingredients, salt, citric acid, guar gum, palm mono-and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carob bean gum, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, carbon dioxide

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.

E290 Carbon dioxide Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 112 cheese spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 103rd. 78% of the cheese spreads 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 112 cheese spreads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0060383072926, last edited 12 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.