Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2461 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 17)

Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, organic milk, organic cream, organic nonfat milk, contains less than 2% of: salt, tri-calcium phosphate, organic locust bean gum, citric acid, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate, microbial rennet, carbon dioxide (to help maintain freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color), potato starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Finely Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color), 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

Neufchâtel Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, skim milk, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers, (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Sharp Extra Light Natural Vermont Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized nonfat milk & milk, cheese cultures, corn starch*, salt, monoglyceride*, diglyceride*, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Semi Soft Part-Skim Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, rennet, salt, culture.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Queso Fresco
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

Cotija 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

MOZZARELLA CHEESE Italian Style PART SKIM
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, vinegar, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

harvest peach
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, peaches, modified corn starch, sugar, kosher gelatin, peach juice concentrate, tricalcium phosphate, citric acid, natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, acesulfame potassium, colored with annatto extract, sucralose, vitamin a acetate, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Non fat greek yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured grade a non fat milk, water, peaches, fructose, contains less than 1% of modified food starch, natural and artificial flavor, malic acid, sucralose, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), acesulfame potassium, annatto extract (for color), sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek nonfat yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured grade a non fat milk, water, fructose, modified corn starch, contains less than 1% of natural and artificial flavors, malic acid, sucralose, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), acesulfame potassium, sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured grade a non fat milk, water, cane sugar, contains less than 1% of: corn starch, natural flavors, fruit juice (for color), carob bean gum, lemon juice concentrate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

LOW FAT YOGURT 1.5% MILKFAT VIVO
Ingredients: Cultured grade a reduced fat milk, cane sugar, strawberries, water, modified food starch, blueberry puree, contains less than 1% of milk protein concentrate, kosher gelatin, natural flavors, agar agar, lactic acid, fruit juice and vegetable juice (for color), calcium lactate, milk calcium, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plain Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative
Ingredients: soymilk (filtered water, soybeans), cane sugar, contains 2% or less of: corn starch, natural flavor, pectin, tricalcium phosphate, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, sea salt, live and active cultures, vitamin d2, vitamin c ester, mixed tocopherols (to protect flavor),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic fruit yogurt smoothie
Ingredients: ORGANIC BANANA PUREE, WATER,, ORGANIC YOGURT (ORGANIC CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK),, ORGANIC STRAWBERRY PUREE,, ORGANIC APPLE PUREE CONCENTRATE,, CALCIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), CHOLECALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Oikos Greek Yogurt Blended - Lemon Meringue Flavor - Made with Whole Milk, Cane Sweetened
Ingredients: Yogurt (cultuered grade A non fat milk, cream, active yogurt culteres) cane sugar, water, contains less than 1% of modified food starch, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors, beta carotene and turmeric (for color), potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), sodium citrate, malic acid, vitamin D3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Less Sugar Greek Yogurt Gili Cherry
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, cream), water, cane sugar, cherry puree, natural flavors, vegetable juice concentrate (for color), fruit pectin, locust bean gum, lemon juice concentrate, guar gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Chocolate Haze Craze
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, cream), evaporated cane sugar, water, hazelnuts, cane sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk, cocoa powder, natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, fruit pectin, locust bean gum, guar gum, organic soy lecithin, salt, vanilla.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A MILK, LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES (STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS, LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, BIFIDOBACTERIUM, L. PARACASEI).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mozzarella Cheese Shredded
Ingredients: Fat free mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized skim milk, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), anticake (potato starch, powdered cellulose), 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

HOT PEPPER JACK NATURAL CHEESE
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT AND ENZYMES, MILK
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crème Fraiche
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured cream (cream (_milk_), microbial cultures), ascorbic acid (vitamin C), citric acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Vanilla Probiotic Drinkable Yogurt
Ingredients: pasteurized whole milk, organic agave nectar, madagascar bourbon vanilla, fruit pectin, live active cultures
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

garlic & herb
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, whey protein concentrate, garlic, salt, dried onions, dried parsley, carob bean gum, guar gum, natural flavor, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
