Clean label: nothing but milk, cream, salt, cultures and real-food add-ins.
Grade
AFull check
Not vegetarian. Lists rennet with no source. Unspecified rennet is usually animal-derived.
Easier to buy
Ingredients, in label order
Explain every ingredient
- Pasteurized milk and cream — Core cream cheese. Core cream cheese ingredient.
- salt — Core cream cheese. Core cream cheese ingredient.
- spices — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- parsley — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- chives — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- cheese culture — Core cream cheese. Core cream cheese ingredient.
- rennet — Not vegetarian. Rennet with no source given. Usually from calf stomach, so not vegetarian.
Score breakdown
| Starting score | 100 |
| Score | 100 → A |
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Where to buy
| Store | Size | Price | Per oz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldinot confirmed | 8 oz | — | — |
Shopper notes
- The only cream cheese in this set that lists rennet, with no source given. Unspecified rennet is usually animal-derived.
- Aldi rotates this item, so it may not be at every store.