Is Rolling Meadow Colby Cheese ultra-processed?

500 g Cow cheeses Sold in New Zealand

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pasteurised Milk, Salt (processing marker), Cultures (processing marker), Enzymes (processing marker) (Rennet)

As written on the pack

Pasteurised Milk, Salt, Cultures, Enzymes (Non-Animal Rennet).

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

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

Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

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

From least to most processed, this one ranks 155th. 22% of the cow 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9421018080326, last edited 3 July 2025), 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.