Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese
Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese by Spartan has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 3
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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 Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese, 2 of its 2 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 Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.
Full Ingredients List
MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE SALT, ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTERIZED MILK, CHEESE PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE SALT AND ENZYMES), QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT AND ENZYMES), POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH AND CALCIUM SALFATE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING. NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL, MOLD INHIBITOR).
Product Details
- Brand
- Spartan
- Barcode
- 0011213023762
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 3 — Processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese sits ahead of 71% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese's 4.5/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Finely Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese's 4.5/5 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.