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Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar 12 oz film-wrapped pack
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A 12 oz (340 g) pack of 16 individually wrapped Velveeta Sharp Cheddar slices, a pasteurized recipe cheese product from Kraft Heinz sold in the United States.
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021000044894Where to buy
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United States front panel, photographed 2025[2]
United States · English · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes · Other observations
- Evidence observed
- 2025-10-26
- Net content
- 340 g
- Pieces
- 16
Front: Velveeta Slices, Sharp Cheddar, Good Source of Calcium, Pasteurized Recipe Cheese Product, 16 slices, Net Wt 12 oz (340g), 40 calories per slice; the same design is on the upload of 2025-08-06 (imgid 4)
Other observations & source differences (6)
Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.
- United States back panel, photographed 2025 supported · Compare evidence
Open Food Facts upload of 2025-10-24 (imgid 6); uploads of 2025-08-06 (imgid 5) and 2025-10-26 (imgid 8) show the same back panel; observed is the upload date, not a label change date
- United States front panel, photographed 2025 supported · selected
Front: Velveeta Slices, Sharp Cheddar, Good Source of Calcium, Pasteurized Recipe Cheese Product, 16 slices, Net Wt 12 oz (340g), 40 calories per slice; the same design is on the upload of 2025-08-06 (imgid 4)
- United States nutrition panel, photographed 2022 supported · Compare evidence
Nutrition Facts crop (imgid 3) with the same figures as the 2025 panel; the visible start of the ingredient list reads "WHEY, MILK, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CANOLA OIL, SODIUM CITRATE, GELATIN, CONTAINS LESS"
- United States front panel, photographed 2019 supported · Compare evidence
Earlier design with the oval Velveeta logo and script "Slices": Sharp Cheddar, Good Source of Calcium, 16 slices, 12 oz (340g), 40 calories per slice
- USDA Branded Foods label record, 2023 disputed · Compare evidence
Label Insight record of the same barcode; it lists sodium citrate before canola oil, while both the 2022 and the 2025 photographs print canola oil first
- Evidence awaiting context review unconfirmed · Compare evidence
Statements on the label
Product facts
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- Brand
- Velveeta
- Ultimately owned by
- The Kraft Heinz Company (🇺🇸 United States)
- Category
- Food/Beverage, Milk/Butter/Cream/Yogurts/Cheese/Eggs/Substitutes, Cheese/Cheese Substitutes, Cheese (Perishable)
- Net content
- 340 g
- Pack
- film-wrapped pack
- Sold in
- 🇺🇸 United States[1]
- Pieces
- 16
- Last observed on sale
- 2026-09-25
- Last sale evidence
- Kraft Heinz product page and Amazon.com listing printing UPC 021000044894, both read 2026-09-25
- GS1 prefix
- 002 · United States and Canada
- Status
- active
Who owns it
Velveeta ↗- Ultimately owned by
- The Kraft Heinz Company · United States
- Chain
- Velveeta → The Kraft Heinz Company
- Made in
- Not recorded
Sources for each tie
- Velveeta → The Kraft Heinz CompanyThe Kraft Heinz Company ↗
The ownership drawing
No company above it
ownssince 2 July 2015
- Made under licence by 🇫🇷 Lactalis
Earlier
- Owned by 🇺🇸 Kraft Foods Group1 October 2012 to 2 July 2015
What the sources say about these ties
- Lactalis licensed
- Kraft Heinz granted Groupe Lactalis perpetual licences to the Kraft and Velveeta brands for certain cheese products when it sold its natural cheese business; Kraft Heinz kept the Velveeta processed cheese business in the US and Canada
- The Kraft Heinz Company owns
- Kraft Heinz publishes the Velveeta brand and product pages; from date is the completion of the Kraft Foods Group-Heinz merger (per Wikipedia's Kraft Foods Group article)
Built from the ownership rows on the brand and company pages, each cited where it is recorded. Made in is the country of production on this product's record; the GS1 prefix of a barcode names the issuing organisation, not where the product was made.
About this product
Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar is a 12 oz (340 g) pack of 16 individually wrapped slices of Velveeta, labelled "pasteurized recipe cheese product" and "good source of calcium", at 40 calories per 21 g slice.[2][3] Kraft Heinz Foods Company of Chicago is printed on the back,[3] and Kraft Heinz still lists the pack, in the 12 oz size only, on its Velveeta range.[4] Whey heads the ingredient list, ahead of milk and milk protein concentrate, with annatto and oleoresin paprika for colour.[3] Amazon.com lists it under this UPC.[1]
The 2019 pack carried the older oval Velveeta logo with "Slices" in script; by 2025 the front had the current drip design, with the same 16 slices and 40-calorie badge.[5][2] In July 2025 Dollar General recalled stock of this UPC distributed to Louisiana stores after a temperature excursion in one shipping trailer; the FDA classified the recall Class II on 6 August 2025.[6][7]
Where it's sold
- Amazon.com [1] United States new Amazon.com listing "Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar Cheese (16 ct Pack)", ASIN B00OFQK46A, prints UPC 021000044894 under Grocery & Gourmet Food › Packaged Cheese › Cheddar; the page was served for a Denmark delivery address, said the item cannot be shipped there and showed no price
- FDA Enforcement Report H-0416-2025 information[6] United States new FDA enforcement report H-0416-2025: Dollar General stock of this UPC distributed in Louisiana, recalled 2025-07-14 after a temperature excursion in one shipping trailer
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price. Store links may be affiliate links (how this works).
Other sizes and containers of Velveeta Slices
7 on record
| Version | Size | Pack | Sold in | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalapeño | 340 g | film-wrapped pack | United States | 021000044900 |
| Original | 410 g | Canada | 068100003604 | |
| 340 g | film pack of individually wrapped slices | United States | 021000611447 | |
| 453 g | film-wrapped pack | United States | 021000611461 | |
| Queso Blanco | 340 g | film-wrapped pack | United States | 021000039814 |
| Sharp Cheddar this page | 340 g | film-wrapped pack | United States | 021000044894 |
| Three Cheese | 340 g | film-wrapped pack | United States | 021000050024 |
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Amazon.com
Amazon.com: Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar Cheese (16 ct Pack)
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [1] ↗Open Food Facts
Front panel photograph of the 12 oz, 16-slice pack
pack · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [2] ↗The Kraft Heinz Company
Kraft Heinz: Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar, 12 oz
manufacturer · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [4] ↗Coverage & research gaps (18)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 5 / 6 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 5 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- United States back panel, photographed 2025: nutrient evidence: 16 / 16 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
- USDA Branded Foods label record, 2023: nutrient evidence: 12 / 12 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
- identity · unknown: No photo shows a "Product of" statement, so country_of_origin is left empty
- relationships · unknown: The manufacturing plant is not named on the photographed panels; only the Kraft Heinz Foods Company address block is printed
- markets · unknown: The Amazon.com listing was read from outside the United States and showed no price; the price is left empty
- evidence · disputed: USDA's 2023 ingredient order (sodium citrate before canola oil, "CHEESE CULTURED") differs from the photographed labels of 2022 and 2025, which agree with each other
- nutrition · disputed: USDA gives the household serving as "1 slice (24g)" while its gram serving and the printed panel give 21 g
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · disputed: Label Insight record of the same barcode; it lists sodium citrate before canola oil, while both the 2022 and the 2025 photographs print canola oil first
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- schema · schema_gap: Review and assign legacy facts to coherent observations.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ Amazon.com: Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar Cheese (16 ct Pack) Amazon.com. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: B00OFQK46A. product details (UPC, unit count, item weight).
- ↑ Front panel photograph of the 12 oz, 16-slice pack Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2025-10-26. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 0021000044894. front panel (imgid 7). cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0021000044894.
- ↑ Back panel photograph: Nutrition Facts, ingredient list, allergen statement and Kraft Heinz address block Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2025-10-24. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 0021000044894. back panel (imgid 6). cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0021000044894.
- ↑ Kraft Heinz: Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar, 12 oz The Kraft Heinz Company. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 00021000044894. Sizes available, product benefits, description.
- ↑ Front panel photograph in the earlier design, 2019 Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2019-06-26. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 0021000044894. front panel (imgid 1). cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0021000044894.
- ↑ FDA Enforcement Report H-0416-2025: Dollar General, Velveeta Slices Sharp Cheddar, UPC 021000044894 U.S. Food and Drug Administration. registry. Published 2025-08-13. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: H-0416-2025. product_description, distribution_pattern, reason_for_recall, classification. cc0.
- ↑ Newsweek: Dollar General recall update, FDA issues risk warning Newsweek. publication. Published 2025-08-11. Accessed 2026-09-25. product list.
- ↑ USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (LI), fdc_id 2614591, version 2023-08-31 U.S. Department of Agriculture. registry. Published 2023-08-31. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 2614591. brand_owner, ingredients, nutrients. cc0. Upstream: Label Insight.
- ↑ Inmar Industry Notification, 30 May 2025: the Kraft Heinz coupon account, its GS1 company prefixes and brands Inmar Intelligence. publication. Published 2025-05-30. Accessed 2026-09-25. GS1 Company Prefix table.
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- Nutrition Facts photograph, 2022 Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2022-11-06. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 0021000044894. nutrition panel (imgid 3). cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0021000044894.
- Open Food Facts: Velveeta Sharp Cheddar Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 0021000044894. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
00021000044894- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0021000044894- UPC-A / GTIN-12
021000044894
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