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Fermented Foods Roundup

We analyzed 2409 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Fermented Foods shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 2409 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Fermented Foods you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
393
Protein
21g
Dietz & Watson

Dietz & watson, horseradish cheddar cheese

Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese(milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), ground horseradish, trisodium citrate, horseradish flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
21g
Dietz & Watson

Artisan cheese

Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), minced roasted garlic, onion chive seasoning (dehydrated onion, salt, sugar, dehydrated chive, dehydrated parsley, spice, dextrose, spice extractives, trisodium citrate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
21g
Dietz & Watson

Dietz & watson, pasteurized process ny state cheddar cheese, buffalo wing

Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), habanero peppers, jalapeno peppers, hot pepper sauce (aged cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, spices), cayenne peppers, trisodium citrate, annatto.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Protein
20g
Belgioioso, Belgioioso Cheese Inc.

Asiago Freshly Shredded

Ingredients: Cultured milk, enzymes, salt,cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
0g
Bookhaus

Grated Parmesan Cheese Alternative

Ingredients: Trisodium phosphate, sodium aluminium phosphate, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, lactic acid, acetic acid, natural flavors, monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, and sorbic acid (to preserve freshness), powdered cellulose added to prevent caking

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
46
Sugar
5g
Shamrock Farms

Lowfat Buttermilk

Ingredients: Cultured lowfat milk, nonfat milk, modified food starch, sodium citrate, locust bean gum, carrageenan, salt, vitamins a & d

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
254
Protein
18g
LAURA CHENEL

Soft-Ripened Goat Cheese Creamy Brie

Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized goat milk, salt and microbial enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Tropical Cheese Industries Inc

Tropical, Fancy Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes and annatto (vegetable color). potato starch, corn starch, and calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
286
Protein
29g
Tropical

Fancy Shredded Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, and enzymes, potato starch, corn starch, and calcium sulfate added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
168
Sugar
0g
Tropical Cheese Industries Inc.

Tropical, Corn & Cheese Griddle Cake

Ingredients: White corn, water, tropical queso casero cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, cheese cultures), margarine, salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
250
Protein
21g
Tropical

Oaxaca, Authentic Mexican-Style String Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, acetic acid, cheese cultures, enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
214
Protein
18g
Tropical

A Semi-Soft Basket Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
286
Protein
21g
Tropical

Colombian-Style Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, cheese cultures (lactic starter, soy protein).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
235
Sugar
6g
Tropical

Tropical, sandwich slices

Ingredients: Water, interesterified soybean oil, modified food starch, whey, salt, contains 2 percent or less of calcium phosphate, carob bean gum, carrageenan, color added, enzyme-modified cheese (milk, water, salt, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, milkfat, cheese culture, sorbic acid [preservative], enzymes), gelatin, guar gum, natural flavor, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
250
Protein
21g
Verole Queso

Authentic Mexican Crumbling Cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, and enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
267
Protein
13g
Ole Mexican Foods

Cheese Dip

Ingredients: American cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), water, jalapeno peppers, skim milk, carrots, onions, spices, sorbic acid (to protect flavor).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
321
Protein
32g
Weyauwega Cheese

Parmesan Freshly Grated

Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
106
Protein
12g
DARIGOLD

WHOLE COTTAGE CHEESE

Ingredients: CULTURED NONFAT MILK, MILK AND CREAM, WHEY, SALT, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 80, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARBON DIOXIDE (TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery

Cheddar Cheese Curds Garlic

Ingredients: Cheese: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes. garlic: granulated garlic.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Applegate Farms

Applegate, extra sharp aged cheddar cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (non-animal), made with vegetable rennet.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
381
Protein
24g
Applegate

Organic mild cheddar cheese, mild

Ingredients: Pasteurized organic milk, cultures, enzymes (non-animal), salt, organic annatto.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Protein
21g
V & V Supremo Foods Inc

Queso Fresco

Ingredients: Pasteurized grade "a" whole cow's milk, salt, *enzymes and culture.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Protein
18g
Societe

100% Pure Sheep's Milk Cheese

Ingredients: Unpasteurized sheep's milk, salt, lactic starters, rennet, penicilium roqueforti.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
59
Sugar
5g
Lucerne,Safeway

Greek Nonfat Yogurt

Ingredients: Cultured, pasteurized grade A non fat _milk_, _milk_ protein concentrate, organic corn starch, vitamin A acetate, Vitamin D3

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
82
Sugar
11g
Lucerne, Safeway Inc.

Strawberry Lowfat Yogurt

Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized low fat milk, strawberry flavored base (water, sugar, strawberries, modified corn starch, natural flavor, fruit and vegetable juice concentrate [for color], citric acid, malic acid), sugar, modified corn starch, pectin, carrageenan, tricalcium phosphate.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
106
Protein
11g
Lucerne, Safeway Inc.

Cottage Cheese

Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a fat free milk, pasteurized milk and cream, salt, cultured grade a dairy solids (grade a whey, citric acid, and lactic acid culture), and dry grade a whey, maltodextrin, citric acid, guar gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), carrageenan, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, dextrose, carbon dioxide (to help maintain freshness).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
80
Protein
11g
Lucerne, Safeway Inc.

Lowfat Cottage Cheese With Chives

Ingredients: cultured pasteurized grade a fat free milk, pasteurized milk and cream, salt, tricalcium phosphate, cultured grade a dairy solids (grade a whey, citric acid, and lactic acid cultures), dry grade a whey, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, potassium sorbate (preservative), carrageenan, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, carbon dioxide (to help maintain freshness), freeze dried chives, vitamin a palmitate,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
286
Protein
25g
Lucerne Dairy Farms

low-moisture part-skim Mozzarella cheese

Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized reduced fat milk, salt, enzymes), anticake (potato starch, powdered cellulose), natamycin (mold inhibtor).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
321
Protein
29g
Lucerne, Safeway Inc.

Dairy farms reduced fat colby jack cheese

Ingredients: Reduced fat colby cheese (cultured pasteurized reduced fat milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color], vitamin a palmitate), reduced fat monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized reduced fat milk, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), anticake (potato starch, c

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
208
Protein
25g
Lucerne

Light low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese

Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Fermented Foods category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 2409 products in the Fermented Foods category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Fermented Foods?+
We rank Fermented Foods based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Fermented Foods here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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