Is Tillamook Triple Cheddar Blend Farmstyle Shreds ultra-processed?

8 oz Cheddar cheese Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E160b Annatto

20 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed cheddar cheese

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

Sharp cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes, annatto (ultra-processing marker) (color (ultra-processing marker))), medium white cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), medium cheddar cheese (processing marker) (cultured milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes, annatto (ultra-processing marker) (color (ultra-processing marker))), potato starch (processing marker) (added to prevent caking (processing marker)), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor (processing marker))

Additives: E160b Annatto , E235 Natamycin

As written on the pack

Sharp cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), medium white cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), medium cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), potato starch (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).

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.

E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

6 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.
Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 155 cheddar cheese

From least to most processed, this one ranks 144th. 28% of the cheddar cheese 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 155 cheddar cheese, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072830011341, last edited 6 April 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.