Big Y Nutri-Score E NOVA 3

Shredded Sharp White Cheddar Cheese

Shredded Sharp White Cheddar Cheese: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Shredded Sharp White Cheddar Cheese by Big Y 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 E.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

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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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Shredded Sharp White Cheddar 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 Shredded Sharp White Cheddar 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
E
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 MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT AND ENZYMES. POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH AND CALCIUM SULFATE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING. NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).

Product Details

Brand
Big Y
Barcode
0018894305736
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Shredded Sharp White Cheddar Cheese rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Shredded Sharp White Cheddar Cheese's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Shredded Sharp White Cheddar Cheese?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Shredded Sharp White Cheddar Cheese's 4.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.