Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2461 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 37)

Yoplait Whips! chocolate
Ingredients: Chocolate yogurt (pasteurized grade a milk, sugar, nonfat milk, fructose, dextrose, modified corn starch, kosher gelatin, cocoa processed with alkali, cocoa, caramel color, chocolate liquor, salt, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, natural and artificial flavor, yogurt cultures [l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus], red #40, yellow #6, blue #1, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3), lactic acid esters of mono and diglycerides, nitrogen.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, COLOR ADDED, POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, DEXTROSE AND CALCIUM SULFATE (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Yogurt Plain
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK AND SKIM MILK, PECTIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D, ACTIVE CULTURES WITH L. ACIDOPHILUS AND B. BIFIDUM. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Natural cheese extra sharp cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (color), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic shredded mozzarella cheese
Ingredients: organic low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese, organic pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Oui by french style yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a milk, cane sugar, strawberries, pectin, carrot juice (for color), natural flavor, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Danactive strawberry probiotic dairy drink
Ingredients: Cultured grade a reduced fat milk, water, sugar, whey protein concentrate, contains less than 1% of dextrose, modified food starch, pectin, calcium citrate, natural flavors, black carrot juice concentrate (for color), microcrystalline cellulose, malic acid, sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original low fat yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a reduced fat milk, sugar, cherries, modified corn starch, kosher gelatin, natural flavor, colored with beet juice concentrate, pectin, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smoked Sharp Cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cultures, enzymes (vegetable rennet), natural wood smoke.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

peach finest yoghurt
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized whole milk, fruit puree (peaches, cane sugar, water, pectin, locust bean gum, natural flavor, lemon juice concentrate), 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 rhubarb finest yoghurt
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized whole milk, fruit puree, (rhubarb, cane sugar, strawberries, water, pectin, locust bean gum, fruit and vegetable juice, lemon juice concentrate), 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

NOOSA Vanilla Bean Yoghurt
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized milk, cane sugar, pure vanilla extract, honey, vanilla bean, kosher gelatin, pectin, live active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, and l. casei.).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Flip Peanut Butter Dream Low Fat Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, cream), evaporated cane sugar, cane sugar, peanuts, water, palm kernel oil, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, rolled oats, milk, skim milk, rice flour, honey, natural flavors, salt, fruit pectin, peanut butter (peanuts, salt), sunflower lecithin, vanilla extract, guar gum, annatto (for color), natural cocoa, organic soy lecithin, lemon juice concentrate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Creamy Dairy-Free Yogurt, Strawberry
Ingredients: Cashewmilk (filtered water, ground cashews*), cane sugar*, strawberries*, corn starch*, cassava root*, natural flavors*, rice starch*, fruit & vegetable juice (for color), lactic acid (plant based), locust bean gum*, live active vegan cultures (l. plantarum lm, l. acidophilus, b. bifidum, l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. delbruekii le).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plain aussie greek nonfat yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized nonfat organic milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Raw Kombucha
Ingredients: 100% g.t.'s organic raw kombucha*, lavender*, elderberry*
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese Small Curd
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a skim milk and cream, contains less than 2% of: grade a whey, salt, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, water, lactic acid, phosphoric acid, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), polysorbate 80, enzyme, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid

Quinoa fluor
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured goats' milk (cultures contain milk), salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

365 everyday value, shredded mild cheddar & monterey jack
Ingredients: Cheddar and monterey jack cheeses (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes, annatto [for color]), powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Top Plain Yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized whole milk, pectin. 5 live active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus and l. paracasei.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Bulgarian Yogurt
Ingredients: Organic Grade A Pasteurized Whole Milk and Live Cultures (L. Acidophilus, L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, B. Bifidum).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

String cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (vegetable).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fat Free Cottage Cheesw
Ingredients: Skim milk, nonfat dry milk, lactose, salt, artificial color, maltodextrin, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, carrageenan, citric acid, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to maintain freshness), cheese cultures, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Light Cream Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized skim milk, pasteurized milk and cream, whey protein concentrate, modified food starch*, sodium citrate*, lactic acid*, salt, natural flavor*, cheese culture, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums), citric acid*, potassium sorbate (preservative)*, sodium phosphate*, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella String Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, 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

Mozzarella string cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mild Cheddar
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto colors). 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
