American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese
American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese by Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese, 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, casein*, modified food starch, salt, potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, carrageenan, sorbic acid (preservative), calcium phosph
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc
- Barcode
- 0030900012780
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?
American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. American Heritage, Mozzamelt, Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.