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Is Pirate's Booty Aged White Cheddar ultra-processed?

20 oz Cheeses Sold in the United States

Pack of Pirate's Booty Aged White Cheddar

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

cornmeal, rice flour, canola oil, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), whey, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (buttermilk), salt, natural flavor, lactic acid, citric acid, black pepper

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

CORNMEAL, RICE FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY (MILK), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: BUTTERMILK, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, BLACK PEPPER

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,223 cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 967th. 38% of the 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 1,223 cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0015665000692, last edited 29 March 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.