Schnucks Nutri-Score C NOVA 3

Shredded fine cut swiss cheese

Shredded fine cut swiss cheese: 5/5 ingredient safety

Shredded fine cut swiss cheese by Schnucks has 1 tracked ingredient, 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 C.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Cheeses

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 Shredded fine cut swiss cheese, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Shredded fine cut swiss cheese 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

Swiss cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

Product Details

Barcode
0004131858099
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Shredded fine cut swiss cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?

Shredded fine cut swiss cheese 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.

How should Shredded fine cut swiss cheese's 5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Shredded fine cut swiss cheese'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.