Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend
Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend by Giant Eagle has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Cheeses
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend has a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend 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
Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), Monterey Jack cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), potato starch, tapioca starch, natural mold inhibitor, spice blend (maltodextrin, spices, yeast, salt, onion powder, paprika, garlic powder, citric acid, paprika extract).
Product Details
- Brand
- Giant Eagle
- Barcode
- 0030034007737
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Giant Eagle
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Finely Shredded Taco Style Cheese Blend'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.