Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2461 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 28)

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

COLBY-PEPPER JACK SLICED COLBY-JACK CHEESE WITH JALAPEÑO & HABANERO PEPPERS
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, hot peppers (jalapeno peppers, habanero peppers), cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Mediterranean Labne Kefir Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk and cream, condensed skim milk, whey protein concentrate, pectin and salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lowfat Cottage Cheese
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, lactic acid culture), dry grade a whey, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, potassium sorbate (preservative), carrageenan, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, carbon dioxide (to help maintain freshness), vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

American Melts
Ingredients: Milk, milk protein concentrate, cream, whey, sodium citrate, calcium phosphate, water, contains less than 2% of gelatin, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), color added, propionic acid, lactic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Sharp Cheddar 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

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

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

4 Cheese Mexican Shredded Reduced Fat Cheese
Ingredients: Reduced fat monterey jack cheese (pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), reduced fat cheddar cheese [pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate], reduced fat queso quesadilla cheese (pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), reduced fat asadero cheese [pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), vitamin a palmitate], potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lowfat Cottage Cheese Small Curd 2% Milkfat
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, contains less than 2% of: cream, salt, natural and artificial flavors, whey, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, vitamin a palmitate, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzyme.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Freshly shredded parmesan cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Swiss Almond Swiss Flavor Snack Spread
Ingredients: Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, whey, soybean oil, less than 2% almonds, natural flavor, corn syrup solids, sorbic acid (as a preservative), xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Vermont Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Monterey Jack Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Queso Fresco Mexicano
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized cow's milk, salt, enzymes, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Farmstyle Cut
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes, potato starch (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

simple ingredient smoothie MIXED BERRIES
Ingredients: whole milk, blueberries, cane sugar, fruit pectin, live active cultures
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pasteurized Process Cheese Product
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and skim milk, whey, cream, sodium citrate (emulsifier), corn starch, less than 2% of cultures, enzymes, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (to protect flavor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar Cheese Slices
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Kids Blueberry
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized organic reduced fat milk, organic cane sugar, organic blueberry juice from concentrate, natural flavor, pectin, organic carrot juice concentrate (for color), vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Brie Bites
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, PENICILLIUM CANDIDUM (HARMLESS WHITE MOLD). CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cottage Cheese small curd
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, cream, contains less than 2% of: nonfat milk, whey, salt, maltodextrin, citric acid, carrageenan, mono - and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural flavors, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese Original
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk and milk, salt, guar gum, xanthan gum, mono and diglycerides, carrageenan, carob bean gum, sorbic acid, citric acid and carbon dioxide (to help protect flavor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Seafood Cheese Spread
Ingredients: Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), imitation crabmeat (fish protein of pollock, whiting, cod and/or threadtin bream, sugar, polyphosphate), water, corn/wheat starch, tapioca starch, sugar, sorbitol, salt, soybean oil, mirin (flavoring substances, water, glucose syrup ethyl alcohol), crab extract (natural flavoring, glucose syrup, water, salt, monosodium glutamate, ribonucleotides, potassium sorbate, xanthan gum), crab flavor (natural flavor, flavoring substances, water, glucose syrup, ethyl alcohol, glycerine, ribonucleotides, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate), calcium carbonate, carmine and paprika], mayonnaise [soybean and/or canola oil, egg yolks, vinegar, water, salt, sugar, spices and oleoresin paprika, spice extract (for freshness)], imitation cheddar cheese (water, hydrogenated soybean oil, casein, modified food starch, sodium aluminum phosphate, salt, maltodextrin, lactic acid, guar gum, tricalcium phosphate, calcium propionate, citric acid, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate, calcium sulfate, artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, anti-caking agent), cheddar cheese sauce [water, cheese whey, aged cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), partially hydrogenated soybean oil, corn starch-modified, contains 2% or less of sodium phosphate, salt, yeast extract, monoglycerides, lactic acid, annatto color, fd & c yellow no.6, maltodextrin, natural flavor], pimientos (pimientos, water, and citric acid), corn syrup, water, dried vinegar, natural butter flavor, granulated garlic, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, salt, nonfat dried milk, spice extract, parsley, lemon juice concentrate and spices.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Colby jack cheese
Ingredients: Colby cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), 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

Low-fat strawberry & cotton candy yogurt value
Ingredients: strawberry : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch, contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, vegetable juice (for color), natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3,cotton candy : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch, contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, spirulina extract (for color), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
