Is Philadelphia Whipped original Whipped Cream Cheese Spread ultra-processed?

8oz Cream cheeses 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:

E410 Locust bean gum
E415 Xanthan gum

20 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed cream cheeses

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

nutrition facts amount, serving % baily vaiza ancantseving 5% sodium 85mg saturated fat 2.5g 12% total carbohydrte dietary fiber og total sugars fg includes og ate cholesterol 15mg 5% protein 1g total fat 4g trans fat og polysaturated fat og serving size 2 tbsp, monosaturated fat 1g hot 10 senings per container calories 50 serving vitamin d, calcium 0% iron 0% potassum he edents (pasteurized milk and cream), skim milk, whey protern concertrate, odified food starch, salt (processing marker), carob bean gum (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), lactic adu, cn (a natural mold inhibitor (processing marker)), vitamin a palmítate, cheese culture saturated fat per sering this product 22, cantains (mlk ez foods company kraftheinz cao il 6o601 usa creamcheese.com 1-800-634-1984 butter (149), kraf t foods)

Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

nutrition facts amount/serving % baily vaiza ancantseving 5% sodium 85mg saturated fat 2.5g 12% total carbohydrte dietary fiber og total sugars fg includes og ate cholesterol 15mg 5% protein 1g total fat 4g trans fat og polysaturated fat og serving size 2 tbsp (22g) monosaturated fat 1g hot 10 senings per container calories 50 serving vitamin d 0% • calcium 0% iron 0% potassum he edents: pasteurized milk and cream, skim milk, whey protern concertrate, odified food starch, salt, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, lactic adu, cn (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin a palmítate, cheese culture saturated fat per sering this product 22 25g 7g. cantains: mlk ez foods company kraftheinz cao il 6o601 usa creamcheese.com 1-800-634-1984 butter (149) kraf t foods

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.

E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

3 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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 122 cream cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 78th. 64% of the cream cheeses 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 122 cream cheeses, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021000619849, last edited 7 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.