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Goat Cheese - Smoked Goat Gouda

Contains emulsifying salts

Smoked goat cheese with added starch and emulsifying salts. It may contain traces of cow's milk protein.

Seed-oil freeNo added sugarNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo gluten ingredientsContains dairy
$5.49 lowest price at Walnut Creek Cheese & Market
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

Not available yet. We only show numbers printed on the product’s label or its product page, and we couldn’t read them for this product.

Ingredients: goat cheese (pasteurized goat milk, salt, starter culture, rennet), water, starch, emulsifying salts (sodium polyphosphate, monosodium phosphate), salt, natural smoke
58 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as dairyLow confidence · Scored on 2 of 11 inputs
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 30%50
Ingredients · counts 20%90
Processing · counts 15%35
Sourcing · counts 20%50
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 58
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 90 · Added phosphates (additive, −10); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 35 · Starch, emulsifying salts and natural smoke are added to the goat cheese.
Sourcing 50 · No origin or production practices are stated for the goat milk.
Transparency 65 · Complete ingredient list; no specific sourcing or production claims.
Contains emulsifying salts
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−10 for added phosphates
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Goat cheese (pasteurized goat milk, salt, starter culture, rennet) Water Starch Emulsifying salts (sodium polyphosphate, monosodium phosphate) Salt Natural smoke
6 ingredients 1 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives1 additive · 1 moderate risk
Added phosphates (E339–E343, E450–E452)StabiliserModerate risk
Absorbed more readily than natural phosphorus; high intakes are linked to kidney and heart risks, and EFSA set a limit in 2019.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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