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The best cheeses in UK supermarkets, ranked

We ranked 2,005 cheeses sold in UK supermarkets using the nutrition panel and ingredients printed on each pack. Of these, 35% are ultra-processed (NOVA group 4), 58% get a red traffic light for salt and 90% get a red traffic light for saturated fat. The typical one has 22g protein, 0.5g sugar and 1.6g salt per 100g.

2,005cheeses compared

35%ultra-processed

90%red for saturates

22gtypical protein per 100g

Rank all cheeses your way What we found across 22 aisles

Jump to: Highest protein · Lowest salt · Lowest saturated fat · Lowest fat

The short answer

Highest protein: Morrisons Grated Italian Style Cheese (47g per 100g)
Lowest salt: By Sainsbury's Fat free natural fromage frais (0.1g per 100g)
Lowest saturated fat: Tesco Cottage Cheese (0.1g per 100g)
Lowest fat: Mlekpol twaróg chudy (0g per 100g)

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Highest protein cheeses

Ranked by protein per 100g out of 1,662 cheeses with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Protein per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	Grated Italian Style CheeseMorrisons · 80 g	47g	E
2	Snaking cheese with truffleSerious Pig · 24g	47g	E
3	Italian style grated cheeseCucina	44g	E
4	Snacking CheeseSerious Pig · 24 g	44g	D
5	Italian Grated CheeseLoyd Grossman · 80g	43.5g	E
6	Grated Italian style hard cheeseLloyd Grossman	43.5g	E
7	Napolina Grated Cheese 50GNapolina · 25 g	43.3g	D
8	Grated Hard CheeseAsda · 80 g	43g	D
9	Dried grated medium fat hard cheeseSainsbury's	42.7g	E
10	Crunchy cheddar puffed bitesCheese o's	39.6g

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Lowest salt cheeses

Ranked by salt per 100g out of 1,532 cheeses with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Salt per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	Fat free natural fromage fraisBy Sainsbury's	0.1g	A
2	Kvarg naturalLindahls	0.1g	A
3	Fat free quarkTesco · 500g	0.1g	A
4	QuarkTesco · 250 g	0.1g	A
5	British Quark Fat Free Soft CheeseValley Spire · 250g	0.1g	A
6	Lemon Mousse High-ProteinEhrmann · 200 g	0.1g	A
7	Fromage frais potsAsda · 300 g	0.1g	B
8	Double UP Fromage FraisNestlé Munch Bunch · 340 g (4 x 85 g)	0.1g	C
9	Twaróg półtustyMLEKPOL Mazurski SMAK · 275g	0.1g	A
10	Semi Fat Curd CheeseMlekpol mazurski smak · 450g	0.1g	A

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Lowest saturated fat cheeses

Ranked by saturates per 100g out of 1,627 cheeses with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Saturates per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	Cottage CheeseTesco · 300g	0.1g	A
2	Fat free cottage cheeseTesco · 300g	0.1g	A
3	Kvarg naturalLindahls	0.1g	A
4	Fat free natural Cottage CheeseSainsbury's	0.1g	A
5	Fat free cottage cheese naturalEmporium · 300 g	0.1g	A
6	British Quark Fat Free Soft CheeseValley Spire · 250g	0.1g	A
7	Fat Free Natural Cottage CheeseEssential Waitrose · 300g	0.1g	A
8	Strawberryísey SKYR · 170g	0.1g	A
9	halloumihigh weald dairy · 170 g	0.11g	E
10	Authentic Cut Parmigiano ReggianoWaitrose · 0.144 kg	0.11g	A

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Lowest fat cheeses

Ranked by fat per 100g out of 1,662 cheeses with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Fat per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	twaróg chudyMlekpol · 275 g	0g	A
2	QuarkGrahams · 250g	0.1g	A
3	British Quark Fat Free Soft CheeseValley Spire · 250g	0.1g	A
4	Swede PortionAsda · 0.382 kg	0.13g
5	duddleswellhigh weald dairy · 148 g	0.14g	E
6	Authentic Cut Parmigiano ReggianoWaitrose · 0.144 kg	0.19g	A
7	Grated emmental cheesePresident	0.19g	A
8	Lindahls kvarg raspberryNestle · 150 g	0.2g	A
9	Cottage CheeseTesco · 300g	0.2g	A
10	Fat free cottage cheeseTesco · 300g	0.2g	A

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How these rankings work

Every figure is per 100g, taken from the label as recorded in Open Food Facts, the open food database built by volunteers. Products whose numbers don't add up (for example, energy that doesn't match the fat, carbs and protein) are left out of these tables but still appear in the full aisle. Traffic lights follow the UK front-of-pack thresholds for fat, saturates, sugar and salt. Nutri-Score runs from A (best) to E. Brands can't pay to appear here. Spot a mistake? Fix it at the source on Open Food Facts and it reaches Shelf Check at the next refresh.