Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2461 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 32)

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

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

President, crumbled feta cheese with mediterranean herbs
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, cellulose powder added to prevent caking, greek seasoning (spices, garlic, corn syrup solids, lemon juice solids, natural flavor, modified food starch, olive oil powder, maltodextrin), enzymes, natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Brie creamy gourmet spreadable cheese
Ingredients: Brie (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, pasteurized cream, dairy product solids, sodium polyphosphate, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, citric acid, salt, cellulose gum and guar gum (stabilizers), sorbic acid and nisin (to protect freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Finely Shredded Natural Marble Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Colby and monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes and annatto color), potato starch, starch and cellulose powder to prevent caking, natamycin (mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized whey, pasteurized milk, vinegar, stabilizer (modified corn starch, guar gum, carrageenan), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crystal Farms Original Cream Cheese 8Oz
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, 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

Cachevalley, colby & monterey jack cheese
Ingredients: Colby cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Oaxaca part skim milk cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade A milk, skim milk, sea salt, emzymes
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Thick Colby Jack Cheese Slices
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Extra Sharp 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

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

Natural Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, jalapeno peppers, salt, 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

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

El Viajero, Bio Salud!, Cultured Dairy Beverage, Original
Ingredients: Filtered water, cultured grade a pasteurized nonfat milk (milk), high fructose corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, natural & artificial flavors, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), beet extract (color), aspartame*, salt, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3, contains viable lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus acidophis, lactobacillus casei and bifidus yogurt cultures.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

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

Cottage Cheese Small Curd
Ingredients: Skim milk, cream, nonfat dry milk, lactose, salt, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carob bean gum, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (maintain freshness), cheese cultures and enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

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

String cheese Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized park-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Singles
Ingredients: Cultured milk, water, cream, whey, sodium citrate, milk protein concentrate, modified food starch, whey protein concentrate, calcium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, artificial color, lactic acid, enzymes, vitamin d3
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Light Cultured Buttermilk
Ingredients: CULTURED REDUCED FAT MILK, NONFAT MILK, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D, ENZYME.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crumbled Goat Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized goat milk, cellulose (to prevent clumping), salt, enzymes, sorbic acid and natamycin (to protect freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, milk, cream, salt, stabilizers (guar gum, xanthan gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum), natural flavor, carbon dioxide (to maintain freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
