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Great Value Melt'n Dip Easy Melt Reduced Fat Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product, Melt'n Dip

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Cheese · barcode 00078742015170

What stands out

  • Recall

    FDA recall naming this barcode (Class III, 2023-09-27): Refrigerated pasteurized process cheese products may not be refrigerated at customer level due to labeled refrigeration requirements varying on finished product labels. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode. Details
  • AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cheese show what's typical. See levels
  • Others1 other cheese product has lab results. Compare them

FDA recalls

Typical for cheese

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cheese, American, processed: found in 1 of 3, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 2.8, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 3 of 27, average 0.23, highest 2.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, American, processed: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 8.2, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, American, processed: found in 20 of 20, average 12, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, Swiss, natural: found in 18 of 20, average 5.14, highest 17 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, cheddar, natural (sharp/mild): found in 18 of 20, average 7.05, highest 69 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

AMERICAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, NONFAT DRY MILK, WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), COLOR ADDED, VITAMIN A PALMITATE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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