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Is The Good Crisp Company Cheddar Cheese Balls ultra-processed?

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Pack of The Good Crisp Company Cheddar Cheese Balls

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 E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cornmeal, Sunflower Oil, Seasoning Flavor, Whey, Nonfat Milk, Cheddar Cheese, Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Lactic Acid, Natural Flavor, Paprika Extract, Yeast Extract

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Cornmeal, Sunflower Oil, Seasoning Flavor, Whey, Nonfat Milk, Cheddar Cheese, Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Lactic Acid, Natural Flavor, Paprika Extract, Yeast Extract

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851562007309, last edited 28 October 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.