Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese by Food Lion, Food Town Stores Inc. 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 Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack 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 Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack 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
PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH AND CALCIUM SULFATE ADDED PREVENT CAKING, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0035826090058
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 3 — Processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese's safety score compare to other products?
Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.5/5 average places Natural Fancy Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese in the Low Risk tier.
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