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Is Puck spreadable processed cream cheese analogue 500g ultra-processed?

500 g Cream cheeses Sold in Australia, Guinea and 2 more countries

Pack of Puck spreadable processed cream cheese analogue 500g

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Cream cheese (cow's milk, lactic acid starter culture), palm oil, salt, e339, No rennet, preservatives added, Fat in dry matter 65% (Produced from cream cheese 75%, and 25% cheese modified with vegetable oil, Store between 2-25°C, Refrigerate at 5°C and lower)

Additives: E339 Sodium phosphates

As written on the pack

Cream cheese (Pasteurized raw cow's milk, lactic acid starter culture), palm oil, salt, emulsifier salt (E339). No rennet or preservatives added. Allergen source: contains milk. Fat in dry matter: 65% min. Produced from cream cheese 75% min. and 25% cheese modified with vegetable oil. Store between 2-25°C. Refrigerate at 5°C or lower

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 122 cream cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 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 5760466738040, last edited 5 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.