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Is Tillamook Spicy Mexican Blend Farmstyle Shreds ultra-processed?

8 oz Cheeses Sold in the United States

Pack of Tillamook Spicy Mexican Blend Farmstyle Shreds

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • No 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

Pepper Jack Cheese Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Jalapeno Peppers, Salt, Enzymes, Medium Cheddar Cheese Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Color, Potato Starch Added To Prevent Caking, Natamycin Natural Mold Inhibitor

As written on the pack

Pepper Jack Cheese Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Jalapeno Peppers, Salt, Enzymes, Medium Cheddar Cheese Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Color, Potato Starch Added To Prevent Caking, Natamycin Natural Mold Inhibitor.

What makes it processed

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.

  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

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 1,224 cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 604th. 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 1,224 cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072830011242, last edited 30 August 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.