Food Lion Nutri-Score D NOVA 3

Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese by Food Lion 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 D.

  • Safety score 0.38 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 Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella 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 Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes, potato starch, corn starch and calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

Product Details

Barcode
0035826090065
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella 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.

How should Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese's 4.5/5 score be read?

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 Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese in 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.