Original cheese
Original cheese by Kraft, Heinz, Velveeta, Gallo family has 4 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 4
Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Cheeses / Cheese-product
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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Original cheese have 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 Original 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
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
skim milk, milk, canola oil, milk protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, contains less than 2% of modified food starch, maltodextrin, = daily value whey, salt, calcium phosphate, lactic acid, sorbic acid as a preservative, whey protein concentrate, milkfat, sodium alginate, sodium citrate, enzymes, apocarotenal and annatto (color), cheese culture, ou how a nutrient erving of contributes to vitamin a palmitate. y diet. calories a day kraft heinz foods company ed for general chicago, il 60601 on advice. contains: milk. velveeta contains 4g of fat per serving
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Original cheese: 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: 4.5/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Barcode
- 0021000616893
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Original cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Original 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.
What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Original cheese?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Original cheese's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.