Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2461 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 26)

Mild mexican style queso blanco dip
Ingredients: Queso fresco (cultured pasteurized grade a milk and skim milk, sea salt, and enzymes), skim milk, water, canola oil, diced tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, contains 2% or less of the following: modified food starch, sodium phosphates, natural flavors, lactic acid, sodium citrate, cultures, diced onion, sea salt, vinegar, sunflower lecithin, xanthan gum, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garden vegetable cream cheese spread
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, water, red and green bell peppers, salt, onions*, carrots, celery, cucumbers, cheese culture, vinegar, guar gum, red and green bell peppers*, carrots*, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, natural flavor, cucumber*, spice, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), calcium chloride.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepper Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, jalapeno & bell peppers, salt, 100% kosher vegetable enzymes.
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

Key lime blended finest yoghurt
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized whole milk, fruit puree (water, cane sugar, lime pulp, key lime puree, tapioca starch, pectin, natural flavor, key lime juice concentrate, beta carotene [for color]), cane sugar, honey, kosher gelatin, pectin, live active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. casei).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Good & gather triple cheddar classic shredded marble cheddar
Ingredients: Marble cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk cheese culture, salt, enzymes [microbial], annatto [vegetable color]), wisconsin sharp cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes [microbial), annatto vegetable color]), and new york sharp cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk cheese culture, salt, enzymes [microbial], annatto (vegetable color]), anti-caking blend (potato starch, corn starch and powdered cellulose, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Snack Bars Mild Cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial), annatto (vegetable color).
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

Habanero Jack Classic
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, hot peppers (jalapeno and habanero peppers), cheese culture, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Extra Sharp White Cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Good & gather colby jack a blend of reduced fat
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial), annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Sharp cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial), annatto (vegetable color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar Jack
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial], annatto [vegetable color]), monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes [microbial]), anti-caking blend (potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low moisture part-skim mozzarella
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic lactose free whole milk kefir plain
Ingredients: Organic pasteurized cultured whole milk, and lactase enzyme. contains live and active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, l. casei, l. acidophilus, bifidobacterium lactis. l. rhamnosus, lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis, leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris, and l. delbrueckii subsp. lactis.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cracker Cut Slices Pepper Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, red and green jalapeno peppers, cheese culture, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garlic & Herb Goat Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized goat's milk, salt, garlic powder, marjoram, oregano, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Goat Cheese Crumbles
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized goat's milk, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), salt, enzymes, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Finely shredded parmesan cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, anti-caking blend (potato starch, cornstarch, calcium sulfate, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Finely shredded 4 cheese mexican blend monterey jack
Ingredients: Monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [vegetable color]), asadero cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), queso quesadilla cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), anti-caking blend (potato starch, cornstarch, calcium sulfate, natamycin [mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

mozerella cheese
Ingredients: LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES). ANTI-CAKING BLEND (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, NATAMYCIN [MOLD INHIBITOR]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

American pasteurized process cheese food
Ingredients: American cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, cream, whey, sodium citrate, tricalcium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), lactic acid, color added.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Vanilla greek blended nonfat yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, water, sugar, fructose, modified food starch, natural flavor, citric acid, vanilla extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garlic & dill cheese curds
Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, garlic powder, onion powder, dill, spices.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Deli style muenster sliced cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR).
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

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
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp cheddar cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
