Is PC • Loblaws Extra Old Cheddar Cheese ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 6 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed cow cheeses
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
milk (ultra-processing marker), milk ingredients (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Bacterial Culture, Calcium chloride, Microbial enzyme
As written on the pack
Pasteurized milk, Modified milk ingredients, Salt, Bacterial Culture, Calcium chloride, Microbial enzyme.
What makes it ultra-processed
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.
- Milk An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
Among 250 cow cheeses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 200th. 22% of the cow cheeses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 06836917, last edited 1 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.