Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Cheese Puffs

2 of the top 10 cheese puffs products sit in NOVA group 3 — the least processed end of the scale. The cheese puffs with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 25 cheese puffs with complete data.

1

Organic Cheesy Tubes

Little Bellies

c NOVA 3 183 kcal 0 g sugar 8.3 g protein 16.7 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
2

Croccantini di mais

Snack fun

d NOVA 3 510 kcal 4 g sugar 7.3 g protein 26 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
3

Aged White Cheddar Rice & Corn Puffs

Pirate's Booty

c NOVA 4

Also: Palm oil free
4

Reduced Fat Cheese Puffs

Trader Joe's

d NOVA 4 500 kcal 3.6 g sugar 7.1 g protein 25 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
5

Cheetos Puffs Cheese Pizza Flavored

Cheetos

d NOVA 4 536 kcal 3.6 g sugar 7.1 g protein 35.7 g fat
6

Crunchy Cheezmos Cowboy Cheddar

Lesser Evil

d NOVA 4 393 kcal 4.4 g sugar 8.7 g protein 17.4 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
7

Cheetos Poffs

Cheetos · 1

d NOVA 4 548 kcal 2.4 g sugar 6.9 g protein 36.3 g fat
8

Curlz

Sprout Organics

d NOVA 4 429 kcal 0 g sugar 14.3 g protein 21.4 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
9

Cheddar Cheese Balls

The Good Crisp Company

d NOVA 4 500 kcal 7.1 g sugar 7.1 g protein 25 g fat
10

Cheese tasters

Marks & Spencer

e NOVA 4 521 kcal 9.2 g sugar 8.2 g protein 29 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published cheese puffs on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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