Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2461 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 13)

Cream Cheese Spread, Mixed Berry
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, sugar, water, whey protein concentrate, corn syrup, raspberries, blueberries, cheese culture, salt, natural flavor, modified food starch, guar gum, vanilla extract, potassium sorbate (preservative), carob bean gum, red 40, citric acid, blue 1, xanthan gum, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Taco Blend
Ingredients: Cheddar and monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color [in cheddar cheese]), taco seasoning (spice, paprika color, granulated onion, granulated garlic, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, extract of paprika color, natural flavor), potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized nonfat milk and milk, cheese cultures, cornstarch*, salt, monoglyceride*, diglyceride*, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto (for color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cabot, premium cracker cut slices pepper jack cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cabot, new york extra sharp cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

QUESO FETA DESMORONADO
Ingredients: Feta cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), cellulose powder added to prevent caking, natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Soft-Ripened Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Soft-Ripened Cheese Brie
Ingredients: Pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sliced cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Filtered water, casein* (milk protein), canola oil, sodium phosphate, enzyme-modified cheese* (milk, cream, salt, natural flavor, enzymes, sodium citrate, mono and diglycerides, sodium phosphate, cheese culture), calcium phosphate, organic rice flour, rice starch, lactic acid (non-dairy), sea salt, carrageenan, organic soy flour, sorbic acid (preservative), carotenal (color), natural flavor, vitamins and minerals, vitamins and minerals: vitamin e, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin c, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin b12, vitamin d3, folic acid, vitamin b6, riboflavin (vitamin b2),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Cheesy Bliss Pepper Jack Style Singles
Ingredients: Filtered water, casein* (milk protein), canola oil, sodium phosphate, jalapeno peppers, calcium phosphate, rice starch, lactic acid (non-dairy), organic rice flour, sea salt, milk*, enzyme-modified cheese* (cream, milk, natural flavor, salt, mono and diglycerides, sodium phosphate, enzymes, cheese culture), jalapeno pepper puree, red bell peppers, carrageenan, salt, cream*, organic soy flour, sorbic acid (preservative), vinegar, natural flavor, milkfat*, cheese culture, yeast extract, citric acid, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, enzymes. vitamins and minerals: vitamin e, acetic acid, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin c, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin b12, vitamin d3, folic acid, vitamin b6, calcium chloride, riboflavin (vitamin b2).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

CF Low moisture part-skim finely shredded mozzarella natural cheese, mozzarella
Ingredients: Low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes), potato starch, starch and cellulose powder to prevent caking, natamycin (mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Freshly Shredded Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pimento Spread
Ingredients: Imitation salad cheese (water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, starch, whey, casein and/or caseinate, salt, natural flavor, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid [as a preservative], artificial color, lactic acid), salad dressing (soybean oil, water, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, egg yolks, salt, less than 1/10 of 1% sodium benzoate, less than 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate), pimentos, water, sweet bell peppers (bell peppers, water, citric acid), cheese sauce (whey, food starch-modified, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, whey protein concentrate, less than 2% buttermilk solids, sodium phosphate, cream, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6), whey, cheese flavor (dehydrated blend of cheese (granular and blue [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, citric acid, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6), potassium sorbate (as a preservative).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Ranchero Queso Fresco Cheese
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized grade a milk and skim milk, sea salt and enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Part Skim Milk Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk and skim milk, sea salt and enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Colby-Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, and annatto (vegetable color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Marionberry
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized fat free milk, marionberry base (sugar, water, marionberries, corn starch, natural flavor, black currant juice concentrate [color], citric acid, guar gum), live and active yogurt cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, b. lactis, l. casei, l.rhamnosus, l. lactis).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Muenster cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (for natural color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Italian Blend Shredded Cheese
Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes) parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), potato starch (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Thick Slices Pepper Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, jalapeno peppers, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Medium Cheddar Natural Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (for natural color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Skim milk, milk, cream, lactose, salt, stabilizer (maltodextrin, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum), citric acid, carbon dioxide and potassium sorbate (maintain freshness), cheese cultures.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized skim milk, whey protein concentrate, cream, whey, salt, modified food starch, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, and enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Large Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Skim milk, milk, cream, lactose, salt, stabilizer (maltodextrin, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum), citric acid, carbon dioxide and potassium sorbate (maintain freshness), cheese cultures.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Nonfat Cottage Cheese With Added Pineapple
Ingredients: Nonfat cottage cheese (cultured pasteurized skim milk, nonfat milk, whey protein concentrate, whey, nonfat milk solids, maltodextrin, salt, modified food,starch, color added, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate and enzyme) and pineapple base [pineapple, modified food starch, salt, sodium citrate, citric acid, and aspartame*] and potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, cream, nonfat milk, salt, locust bean gum, carrageenan, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

4% milkfat cottage cheese
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, cream, nonfat milk, salt, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
