Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar
Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar 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
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. 3 of 3 ingredients tracked for Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar 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 Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar 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
CHEDDAR CHEESE ([AGED OVER 180 DAYS], PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT ENZYME), WATER, REDUCED PROTEIN WHEY, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, CREAM, SORBIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, SALT, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar: 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
- Kaukauna
- Barcode
- 0017003100910
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar 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 Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar?
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 5/5 average places Spreadable Cheddar Sharp Cheddar in 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.