Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds
Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds by Kaukauna 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. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.88 points above 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 Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds, 3 of its 3 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 Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds 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
MONTEREY AND CHEDDAR CHEESE ([AGED OVER 90 DAYS], PASTEURIZED MIL, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, ALMONDS, REDUCED PROTEIN WHY, DRY WHEY, SKIM MILK, CREAM, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, JALPENO PEPPERS, GREEN BELL PEPPER JUICE, XANTHAN GUM, SALT, SORBIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), VINEGAR, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPERS, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds: 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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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kaukauna
- Barcode
- 0017003138951
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds rank on ingredient safety?
Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with 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 Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pepper Jack Spreadable Cheese With Almonds'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.