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Sliced Natural Reduced Fat Cheese, Medium Cheddar - Sargento

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Sliced Natural Reduced Fat Cheese, Medium Cheddar - Sargento

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Barcode: 0046100001851 (EAN / EAN-13) 046100001851 (UPC / UPC-A)

Brands: Sargento, Sargento Foods Inc.

Brand owner: Sargento Foods Inc

Categories: Dairies, Fermented foods, Fermented milk products, Cheeses, Cow cheeses, Cheeses from the United Kingdom, Cheeses from England, Cheddar cheese

Countries where sold: United States

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Ingredients

9 ingredients

Pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

Allergens: Milk

Food processing

Ultra processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

Additive: E160b - Annatto
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods

Processed culinary ingredients

Processed foods

Ultra processed foods

The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.

→ Learn more about the NOVA classification

Additives

E160b - Annatto

E235 - Natamycin

Natamycin: Natamycin, also known as pimaricin, is an antifungal medication used to treat fungal infections around the eye. This includes infections of the eyelids, conjunctiva, and cornea. It is used as eyedrops. Natamycin is also used in the food industry as a preservative.Allergic reactions may occur. It is unclear if medical use during pregnancy or breastfeeding is safe. It is in the macrolide and polyene families of medications. It results in fungal death by altering the cell membrane.Natamycin was discovered in 1955 and approved for medical use in the United States in 1978. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system. The wholesale cost in the developing world is between US$92.90 and 126.72 per 5-ml bottle as of 2015. It is produced by fermentation of the bacterium Streptomyces natalensis.
Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

Palm oil free

No ingredients containing palm oil detected

Non-vegan
Non-vegan ingredients: Pasteurized semi-skimmed milk

Vegetarian status unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Vegetable pigment

The analysis is based solely on the ingredients listed and does not take into account processing methods.

Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
Pasteurized reduced fat milk -> en:pasteurized-semi-skimmed-milk - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 19042 - percent_min: 41.1125 - percent_max: 100

cheese culture -> en:lactic-ferments - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50

salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.7775

enzymes -> en:enzyme - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.7775

annatto -> en:e160b - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.7775

vegetable color -> en:vegetable-pigment - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.7775

vitamin a palmitate -> en:retinyl-palmitate - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.7775

natamycin -> en:e235 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.7775

a natural mold inhibitor -> en:preservative - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.7775

Nutrition

Poor nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 0
This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

Positive points: 5

Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 31.58, rounded value: 31.58)

Fiber: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Negative points: 20

Energy: 3 / 10 (value: 1322, rounded value: 1322)

Sugars: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Saturated fat: 10 / 10 (value: 13.16, rounded value: 13.2)

Sodium: 7 / 10 (value: 711, rounded value: 711)

The points for proteins are counted because the product is in the cheeses category.

Nutritional score: (20 - 5)

Nutri-Score:
→ Learn more about the Nutri-Score

Nutrient levels
- Fat in high quantity (21.1%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Saturated fat in high quantity (13.2%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Sugars in low quantity (0%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks
  
  Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
  
  Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts
- Salt in high quantity (1.78%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
  
  Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
  
  Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food
  
  Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
  
  Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
  
  Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (1 SLICE (19 g))	Compared to: Cheddar cheese
Energy	1,322 kj (316 kcal)	251 kj (60 kcal)	-18%
Fat	21.05 g	4 g	-33%
Saturated fat	13.16 g	2.5 g	-30%
Trans fat	0 g	0 g
Cholesterol	79 mg	15 mg	-21%
Salt	1.778 g	0.338 g	+8%
Carbohydrates	0 g	0 g	-100%
Fiber	0 g	0 g
Sugars	0 g	0 g
Proteins	31.58 g	6 g	+34%
Vitamin A	315.9 µg	60 µg	-1%
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)	0 mg	0 mg
Calcium	789 mg	150 mg	+13%
Iron	0 mg	0 mg	-100%
Potassium	79 mg	15 mg	+29%
Phosphorus	421 mg	80 mg
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	0 %	0 %

Serving size: 1 SLICE (19 g)

Environment

Eco-Score D - High environmental impact

The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.

→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.

Life cycle analysis

Average impact of products of the same category: C (Score: 47/100)

Category: Cheddar cheese, from cow's milk

PEF environmental score: 0.59 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 6.25 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	84.7 %
Processing	7.0 %
Packaging	3.7 %
Transportation	2.8 %
Distribution	1.5 %
Consumption	0.4 %

Bonuses and maluses

Origins of ingredients with a medium impact

Bonus: +5

Environmental policy: +5
Transportation: 0

Origin of the product and/or its ingredients	% of ingredients	Impact
United Kingdom	100 %	Medium

No ingredients that threaten species

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Malus: -15

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Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: D (Score: 37/100)
Product: Sliced Natural Reduced Fat Cheese, Medium Cheddar - Sargento

Life cycle analysis score: 47
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -10

Final score: 37/100

→ Learn more about the Eco-Score

Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 3.2 km in a petrol car

625 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Cheddar cheese, from cow's milk (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	85.6 %
Processing	6.1 %
Packaging	4.2 %
Transportation	3.4 %
Distribution	0.6 %
Consumption	0.1 %

Packaging

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Transportation

Origins of ingredients

Origins of ingredients with a medium impact

Origin of the product and/or its ingredients	% of ingredients	Impact
United Kingdom	100 %	Medium

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