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Cheese sticks and snacks: what's actually in it?

This is a thin category in Singapore, and this page says so plainly. The chilled cheese-snack shelf in Singapore supermarkets is small: waxed mini cheeses (Babybel), processed cheese cubes and triangles, and cheese strips. Most of what looks like a cheese stick in a Singapore supermarket is either a processed spread in a different shape, a frozen breaded snack (which belongs with frozen snacks, not here), or a product whose ingredient list could not be retrieved in this pass. This page covers chilled cheese sticks and snack cheeses sold in Singapore — individual portions meant to be eaten as a snack. Cheese spreads, triangles and cubes sold as spreads are covered on the cream-cheese-and-cheese-spread page; only the Belcube mixed pack is repeated here because it is sold as a snack cube.

This page does not give a health score or a “best” pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed and flags what is in it.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Only two products could be panelled with a verbatim list in this pass. That is the finding, not a gap in the writing — the rest of the shelf is listed in seen-but-not-verified with the reason for each.
Mini Babybel Original is the shortest snack-cheese list on this site: cow's milk, salt, starter culture, microbial rennet (per the Spinneys/brand list). The US wording is pasteurised cultured milk, salt, microbial enzymes — the same three things in different labelling words.
The Belcube mixed pack is a processed spread in cube form, with emulsifying salts and artificial smoke flavouring for the smoked cubes — it is not the same product as a plain Babybel, and its list must not be read as a plain-cube list.
Emborg cheese strips are the closest thing to a cheese stick on the FairPrice shelf, but no verbatim ingredient list was retrieved for them in this pass, so they are not panelled.

At a glance

Product	Pack size (as printed)	Type	First ingredient	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Mini Babybel — Original	110g (5 per pack)	Waxed mini cheese	Cow's milk	France
The Laughing Cow Belcube — Plain, Cheddar & Smoked Cheese (mixed pack)	125g	Processed snack cubes	Rehydrated skimmed milk	France

Panelled with verbatim lists: 2 products. Seen but not verified: 8 products (see list below). No prices are shown: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only, and gives no health score, ranking or “best” pick.

Mini Babybel — Original

Pack size: 110g (5 per pack) · Made in: France (as printed)

Ingredients (Spinneys / brand listing — secondary; SG pack not transcribed): Cow's Milk, Salt, Starter Culture, Microbial Rennet. Contains Lactose And Milk.

Sold at FairPrice Singapore (6 and 12 packs; also a Cheddar variant, see below). Flag: secondary retailer/brand list, not an SG pack transcription; the FairPrice ingredient section was not retrieved in this pass. The US list words the same product as “pasteurised cultured milk, salt, microbial enzymes” — the same three components in US labelling words, flagged rather than merged. Made with 98% milk per the brand; no added preservatives, colours or flavours per the brand. Allergen: milk Via: brand/retailer (secondary)

The Laughing Cow Belcube — Plain, Cheddar & Smoked Cheese (mixed pack, 125 g)

Pack size: 125g · Made in: France (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice Singapore ingredient section): Rehydrated Skimmed Milk, Cheeses, Butter, Milk Protein, Emulsifying Salts [Sodium Polyphosphate (E452), Sodium Citrates (E331), Natural Flavourings, Salt, Acidity Regulator, [Citric Acid (E330)], Artificial Smoke Flavouring

Also panelled on the cream-cheese-and-cheese-spread page; repeated here because it is sold as a snack cube. A mixed cube pack — plain, cheddar and smoked flavours in one box — so the list covers all three, including artificial smoke flavouring for the smoked cubes. Do not read this as the plain-only Belcube list: the plain-only pack is a separate product and its own list was not retrieved. Processed spread Cubes Mixed flavours Via: FairPrice

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Mini Babybel — Cheddar (x5) — seen at FairPrice; no verbatim ingredient list retrieved in this pass.
Mini Babybel — Light, Mini Babybel — Protein — UK variants discussed on social media in 2026 (Light about 5 g protein per portion, Protein about 5.2 g); SG sale not verified and no SG list retrieved.
Emborg Mild & Creamy Cheese Strips — seen at FairPrice (also in Malaysia as “fun and convenient strings of mild cheddar cheese for easy snacking and lunchbox preparation”); no verbatim ingredient list retrieved in this pass.
FairPrice Cheese Portions — seen at FairPrice; no verbatim list retrieved in this pass.
Dairy West Crumbed Cheese Sticks — FairPrice-exclusive frozen breaded cheese sticks, advertised October 2026; frozen, breaded and meant to be fried, so they are a frozen snack rather than a chilled cheese stick — and no ingredient list was retrieved in this pass.
Cheestrings / Strings & Things Cheestrings — UK string-cheese brand; SG sale not verified, no SG list retrieved.
The Laughing Cow Belcube — Plain (plain-only pack) — seen at FairPrice; only the mixed-pack list was retrieved (panelled above).
Babybel Mini Rolls, Mini Babybel — Gouda / Swiss / plant-based — variants sold in other markets; SG sale not verified.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the table are as sold, per 100 g unless a separate per-serving table says otherwise. Sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars separately. No official Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D) was found printed on any of these listings in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned.

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium.

Total vs added sugars: Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as “added sugar”. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, glucose syrup, invert sugar syrup) versus naturally occurring sugars (lactose in milk/cream).

Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked “not stated” were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours.

Per 100 g, as sold

Product	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Mini Babybel — Original (Spinneys/brand, secondary)	308 kcal	23 g	24 g	16 g	0.05 g	0.05 g	720 mg (salt 1.8 g)

Click a column header to sort. Rows marked “not stated” always sort last — a dash is missing data, not zero. Salt equivalent = sodium × 2.5, shown in brackets.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for The Laughing Cow Belcube mixed pack. Its ingredient panel is unchanged; its nutrition figures are not estimated here. Conflicts flagged: Mini Babybel Original nutrition differs by source — the Spinneys/brand per-100 g panel (308 kcal, fat 24 g, sodium 720 mg) is tabled, while one Open Food Facts 36-pack entry gives salt 16.72 g per 100 g, which is not credible and is not used. The US per-serving panel (70 kcal, 5 g fat, 150 mg sodium per 20 g piece) is consistent with the tabled per-100 g figures and is not mixed into the table.

How to read the label — the jargon, in plain English

Waxed mini cheese: A small individual cheese sealed in wax (Babybel's red wax). The wax is packaging, not an ingredient — it is peeled off before eating.
Processed snack cube: A processed cheese spread set into a cube. Emulsifying salts are what keep it soft and spreadable at fridge temperature.
Cheese strip / string cheese: Cheese pulled into strips or strings, sold for lunchboxes. The strip shape is the product — the list is what decides whether it is natural cheese or processed cheese.
Starter culture / lactic ferments: The cultures that ferment the milk and give cheese its flavour. They are not a preservative.
Microbial rennet / microbial enzymes: The enzyme that sets milk into curd. “Microbial” means it is made by fermentation, not taken from animal stomachs.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a “best” pick. The products on this page are different products, and this page does not rank them.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. The products in seen-but-not-verified are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden. Stock and formulations change, so no page claims permanent 100% completeness.

Sources and method

Checked 12 November 2026 from: FairPrice Singapore category listings and shelf photos (Mini Babybel Original and Cheddar, Emborg Cheese Strips, FairPrice Cheese Portions, The Laughing Cow Belcube mixed pack); FairPrice ingredient section (Belcube mixed pack, also used on the cream-cheese-and-cheese-spread page); Spinneys/brand listing (Mini Babybel Original ingredients and per-100 g nutrition); Open Food Facts and US retail listings (Mini Babybel Original, US wording and per-serving nutrition, for the conflict note); Pacific West Singapore social posts (Dairy West Crumbed Cheese Sticks, FairPrice-exclusive, October 2026). Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page, so its shelf could not be panelled from its site. Nutrition section added 12 November 2026: figures are standardised to per 100 g where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.