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Cabot Muenster Cheese Shingled Slices
Dairy
📊 NOVA 3🌾 Gluten-Free✨ Seed Oil Free

Cabot Muenster Cheese Shingled Slices

Cabot Creamery
7 oz
Available at Foodtown
80
Calories
5g
Protein
160mg
Sodium
10
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Cabot Muenster Cheese Shingled Slices are a familiar sight in the refrigerated dairy aisle, typically shelved with other sliced cheeses, packaged lunch meats, and sandwich fixings. The 7 oz shingled pack is designed for visibility among staple, family-oriented cheese offerings rather than the specialty cheese case. The product suits quick grocery runs for school lunches, weeknight dinners, and barbecue or game-day prep—think grab-and-stack sandwiches, burgers, or melty grilled cheese. Cabot’s cooperative heritage since 1919 and Certified B Corporation badge position the brand as community-minded, small-farm rooted, and trustworthy; marketing leans into Americana, craft, and farmer-owned authenticity. Label cues include a natural ingredient list, pasteurized milk, and the “No artificial growth hormone” claim, which functions as a health halo for shoppers despite FDA statements about rBST; it is not labeled organic. The ingredient panel is short—milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto—so the product reads as straightforward and minimally adulterated compared with ultra-processed cheese products. In plain processing terms, this is a made cheese product: milk transformed with cultures and enzymes then sliced and packaged. Sensory character is mild, buttery, and slightly sweet with a smooth, sliceable texture that melts evenly; the shingled slices make assembly of sandwiches quick and tidy. Packaging is consumer-friendly for routine use—stacked slices in a resealable sleeve or tray that invites easy portioning. Rituals around this cheese are everyday: a parent tucks a slice into a lunchbox, someone tops a cheeseburger, or a roommate pulls a slice for a late-night grilled cheese.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 slice
Servings per Container: 9
Calories80
% Daily Value*
Total Fat7g9%
Saturated Fat4g20%
Cholesterol20mg7%
Sodium160mg7%
Total Carbohydrate0g0%
Protein5g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Fresh, pasteurized, milk,, cheese, cultures,, salt,, enzymes,, annatto, (for, color).

Flagged Ingredients:

  • annatto - Artificial coloring
No Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:3 / 4

Processed Food

Why this score?

Made from pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, and annatto with no industrial emulsifiers or long lists of additives, this is a processed food (NOVA 3) rather than an ultra-processed formulation.

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Common Questions about Cabot Muenster Cheese Shingled Slices

The healthiness of Cabot Muenster Cheese really depends on what you're comparing it to! It’s a good source of protein and calcium, making it a solid choice for a snack or sandwich addition. Just remember, like all cheeses, it’s best enjoyed in moderation, especially if you're watching your saturated fat intake.

Perfect For

back-to-school
game-day-prep
weekend-brunch

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