Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Mexican Cheeses

8 of the top 10 mexican cheeses products sit in NOVA group 3 — the least processed end of the scale. The mexican cheeses with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 30 mexican cheeses with complete data.

  1. 1 Panela Mexican Style Part Skim Milk Cheese

    Panela Mexican Style Part Skim Milk Cheese

    La Chona · 20 oz
    d NOVA 3 286 kcal 0 g sugar 17.9 g protein 21.4 g fat
  2. 2 Authentic Mexican Crumbling Cheese

    Authentic Mexican Crumbling Cheese

    Verole Queso · 24 oz
    d NOVA 3 250 kcal 0 g sugar 21.4 g protein 16.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  3. 3 Spicy Mexican Blend Farmstyle Shreds

    Spicy Mexican Blend Farmstyle Shreds

    Tillamook · 8 oz
    d NOVA 3 393 kcal 0 g sugar 21.4 g protein 32.1 g fat

    Also: No additives

  4. 4 Four Cheese Mexican Blend

    Four Cheese Mexican Blend

    Harris Teeter
    d NOVA 3 357 kcal 0 g sugar 21.4 g protein 32.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  5. 5 Spicy Mexican Style Cheese Blend

    Spicy Mexican Style Cheese Blend

    Food Lion · 8 oz
    d NOVA 3 393 kcal 0 g sugar 21.4 g protein 32.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  6. 6 Queso fresco tio cotija

    Queso fresco tio cotija

    d NOVA 3 182 kcal 3 g sugar 11 g protein 14 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  7. 7 Cotija Part Skim Milk Cheese

    Cotija Part Skim Milk Cheese

    Cacique
    e NOVA 3 321 kcal 0 g sugar 25 g protein 28.6 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  8. 8 Queso cotija

    Queso cotija

    Excelsior
    NOVA 3 360 kcal 24.2 g protein 29.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  9. 9 Queso panela

    Queso panela

    Bar-S Foods Co.
    c NOVA 4 286 kcal 3.6 g sugar 17.9 g protein 21.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  10. 10 Finely Shredded 3 Cheese Mexican

    Finely Shredded 3 Cheese Mexican

    Organic Valley · 170 g
    d NOVA 4 393 kcal 0 g sugar 21.4 g protein 32.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published mexican cheeses 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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