Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices
Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices by Smart Beat has 8 tracked ingredients, 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 E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- 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 Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices, 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 Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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, CASEIN*, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SALT, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, WHEY*, CAROB BEAN GUM, BUTTERMILK POWDER*, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, HYDROLYZED MILK PROTEIN, CHEESE CULTURE, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, VITAMIN B12.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices: 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: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Smart Beat
- Barcode
- 0033776051556
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Imitation American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Slices's 4/5 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.