Pasteurized prepared cheese product
Pasteurized prepared cheese product by Kraft has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Pasteurized prepared cheese product draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Pasteurized prepared cheese product sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
milk, cheddar chees (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), whey, milk protein concentrate, milkfat, sodium citrate, contains less than 2% of calcium phosphate, modified food starch, whey prtein concentrate, salt, lactic acid, natamycin (a naturel mold inhibitor), enzymes, cheese culture, vintamin d3,
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Pasteurized prepared cheese product: 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: 5/5.
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- Strawberry banana greek nonfat yogurt, strawberry banana Δ 0.0 pts 5.0/56 additives
- Traditional Greek Nonfat Yogurt, Strawberry Banana Δ 0.0 pts · Roundy's 5.0/56 additives
- 100 calorie greek nonfat yogurt, tart cherry, tart cherry Δ 0.0 pts · Shop Rite 5.0/55 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kraft
- Barcode
- 0021000604654
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Pasteurized prepared cheese product rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Pasteurized prepared cheese product sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 5/5 rating on Pasteurized prepared cheese product?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pasteurized prepared cheese product's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.