Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2461 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 30)

Strawberry & rhubarb strained whole-milk yogurt, strawberry & rhubarb
Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, pasteurized cream, fruit (rhubarb, strawberries), cane sugar, fruit pectin, live active cultures
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Palmetto original gourmet pimento cheese
Ingredients: Sharp cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color, potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta [to protect quality]) cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, stabilizers [xanthan, carob bean, and/or guar gums]), pimentos, contains 2% or less of: onion, maltodextrin, cultured dextrose, sodium diacetate, salt, nisin preparation, egg white lysozyme, spices, potassium sorbate (preservative).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skimmed cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, egg white lysozyme), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (to protect flavor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Non-Fat Yogurt Vanilla Blended
Ingredients: Cultured grade a nonfat milk, sugar, water, natural flavors, pectin, locust bean gum, citric acid, calcium citrate, sodium citrate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3. contains five live and active cultures, l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus, l. casei, l. rhamnosus.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Cottage Cheese, Pineapple
Ingredients: Organic skim milk, organic whole milk, organic cream, organic pineapples, organic cane sugar, organic pineapple flavor, water, pectin, organic lemon juice concentrate, organic turmeric, celtic sea salt, live and active cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pumpkin Yogurt
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized milk, fruit puree (pumpkin puree, water, cane sugar, cream cheese (milk, cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), natural flavors, pectin, locust bean gum, lactic acid, salt, spices), cane sugar, honey, kosher gelatin, pectin, live active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, and l. casei.)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry lemonade kombucha
Ingredients: Organic raw kombucha (purified water, organic evaporated cane juice, organic green tea, organic black tea, and live kombucha culture), organic strawberry juice, organic lime juice, organic lemon juice
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pomegranate Lemonade Kombucha
Ingredients: Organic raw kombucha (purified water, organic evaporated cane juice, organic green tea, organic black tea, and live kombucha culture), organic pomegranate juice, organic lemon juice
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Bubbly Rose Kombucha
Ingredients: Filtered water, kombucha culture (yeast and bacteria cultures), organic black tea, organic green tea, organic evaporated cane juice (sugar), organic rose powder, organic raw mangosteen powder, organic hawthorn berry powder.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smooth & creamy low fat yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured reduced fat milk, cane sugar, strawberry puree concentrate, fruit pectin, raspberry puree concentrate, blueberry puree concentrate, tapioca starch, natural flavors, vitamin d2.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Restaurant Style Cheese Dip, Original
Ingredients: Pasteurized process american cheese ((milk, cheese culture, salt, enzyme), water,milkfat, sodium citrate, sodium, hosphate, salt, and sorbic acid (preservative)), milk, salt, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate (preservatives), onion powder, garlic powder.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chobani Flip Coffee Brownie Bliss
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, cream), water, evaporated cane sugar, cane sugar, wheat flour, wheat starch, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk, fruit pectin, coffee extract, natural flavors, sunflower oil, milk protein, coffee powder, guar gum, locust bean gum, organic soy lecithin, vanilla, salt, lemon juice concentrate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue Cheese Center Cut
Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, salt, culture, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kombucha - Cola
Ingredients: Organic raw kombucha (organic tea, organic sugar, and organic kombucha culture fermented in purified water), natural flavors, organic monk fruit extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Greek cream cheese & greek yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk, cream and skim milk, whey protein concentrate, non-fat dry milk, water, lactic acid, inulin (natural dietary fiber), salt, stabilizers (xanthan, locust bean, and guar gums), potassium sorbate (maintains freshness). contains live and active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crumbled Goat Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized goat milk, powdered cellulose, salt, cheese cultures, vegetal rennet, natamycin (natural yeast & mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fresh Goat Cheese Blueberry Vanilla
Ingredients: Pasteurized goat milk, wild blueberries (wild blueberries, sugar, sunflower oil), salt, vanilla extract (vanilla beans, water, bourbon), cheese cultures, vegetal rennet, natamycin (natural yeast & mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek strained nonfat yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured grade a nonfat milk, sugar, water, natural flavors, pectin, locust bean gum, citric acid, calcium citrate, sodium citrate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3. contains five live and active cultures, l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus, l. casei, l. rhamnosus.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mozzarella Fresca, Fresh Mozzarella Natural Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, vinegar, salt, enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

FETA CHEESE Crumbles
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Stuffed Bosco Stick
Ingredients: Crust: flour blend [enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, enzyme, folic acid), whole wheat flour], water, sugar, corn oil, dough conditioner (soybean oil, vegetable glycerides, soy flakes), salt, yeast, l-cysteine. mozzarella cheese: pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes. topping: natural oil blend (soybean, palm fruit and canola oils), water, salt, mono and diglycerides, potassium sorbate, natural and artificial butter flavor, lactic acid, vitamin a palmitate and beta-carotene. topping with cheese: parmesan cheese [(pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose, potassium sorbate], corn starch, salt, dehydrated garlic and contains less than 2% silicon dioxide.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

True Goodness, Organic Mexican Shredded Cheese Blend
Ingredients: Organic colby jack cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes, organic annatto), organic cheddar cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), organic monterey jack cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Red pepper & feta gourmet spread
Ingredients: Roasted red peppers, onions, pickled red peppers (red peppers, sea salt, citric acid), feta cheese (pasteurized sheep and goat's milk, sea salt, rennet, culture), mizithra cheese (whey, sea salt), extra virgin olive oil, sugar, sea salt, red wine vinegar, herbs and spices.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Champagne New York Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Aged cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), champagne, trisodium citrate, champagne flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese
Ingredients: Freshly grated, adds zest to pasta, salads, pizza, meat, chicken, sandwiches, rice and vegetables
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepper jack cheese, pepper jack
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, jalapeno & bell peppers, salt, vegetable enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gruyere
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, water, salt, sodium phosphate, natural flavoring, sorbic acid (preservative), enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
