Lucerne NOVA 4

Cottage Cheese With Pineapple

Cottage Cheese With Pineapple: 4.1/5 ingredient safety

Cottage Cheese With Pineapple by Lucerne has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 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

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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 Cottage Cheese With Pineapple, 8 of its 8 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 Cottage Cheese With Pineapple sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

4.1
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.1 out of 5
Based on 8 tracked ingredients
8
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A FAT FREE MILK, PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, PINEAPPLE BASE (PINEAPPLE, SUGAR, WATER, CALCIUM CITRATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, CITRIC ACID), SALT, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CULTURED GRADE A DAIRY SOLIDS (GRADE A WHEY, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID CULTURE), DRY GRADE A WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, POLYSORBATE 80, CARBON DIOXIDE (TO HELP MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), VITAMIN A PALMITATE.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cottage Cheese With Pineapple: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Lucerne
Barcode
0021130073115
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Cottage Cheese With Pineapple's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.1/5, Cottage Cheese With Pineapple sits ahead of 58% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Cottage Cheese With Pineapple's 4.1/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cottage Cheese With Pineapple's 4.1/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.