Fermented Milk Products Roundup
We analyzed 2340 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 28)

American Pasteurized Process American Cheese
Ingredients: Milk, cream, water, sodium citrate, salt, cheese culture, sorbic acid (preservative), citric acid, enzymes, soy lecithin, apo carotenal and beta carotene (color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

MARINATED SHEEP & GOAT CHEESE
Ingredients: Goat & sheep milk, extra virgin olive oil, canola (gmo free), fresh herbs, peppercorns, salt, non-animal rennet, cheese cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spreadable goat cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GOAT MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sliced Colby Jack Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, color added (in colby cheese)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Wild strawberry yogurt smoothie with probiotics
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized cultured low fat milk, water, sugar, strawberry puree, soluble corn fiber, corn starch-modified, natural flavors, pectin, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), citric acid, stevia leaf extract, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim 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

Yoplait Go-Gurt Variety Pack Raspberry/Strawberry Banana 16 Count
Ingredients: Strawberry banana : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, tricalcium phosphate, vegetable juice (for color), natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, carrageenan, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.raspberry : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, tricalcium phosphate , vegetable and fruit juice (for color), potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, carrageenan, natural flavor, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ciliegine whole milk fresh mozarella
Ingredients: pasteurized whole milk, vinegar, vegetable rennet, salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded Fat Free Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Fat free mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk*, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), 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

Cream Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized Milk, Pasteurized Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mexican Four Cheese Blend
Ingredients: MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, ANNATTO [VEGETABLE COLOR]), ASADERO CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES), QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES), ANTI-CAKING BLEND (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, NATAMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]). CONTAINS MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Yogurt
Ingredients: Strawberry : pasteurized grade a reduced fat milk, sugar, strawberries, modified corn starch, kosher gelatin, natural flavor, pectin, colored with carmine, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3. strawberry banana : pasteurized grade a reduced fat milk, sugar, strawberries, modified corn starch, banana puree, kosher gelatin, natural flavor, pectin, colored with carmine, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Four Cheese Mexican Finely Shredded Cheese
Ingredients: MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), ASADERO CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), ANTICAKING AGENT (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH), NATAMYCIN (NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Knudsen cottage cheese
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, milk and cream, modified food starch, salt, calcium phosphate, xanthan gum, guar gum, acetic acid, vitamin d3
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

key lime pie naturally flavored
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a reduced fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch, kosher gelatin, lime juice concentrate, natural flavor, colored with spirulina extract and turmeric, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baby Swiss Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes, cheese cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Aged Swiss Cheese Slices
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic whole milk yogurt french vanilla
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED ORGANIC on Facts MILK, ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC NATURAL VANILLA per container FLAVOR, PECTIN, VITAMIN D3. CONTAINS LIVE AND 1 cup (170g) ACTIVE CULTURES: BIFIDOBACTERIUM LACTIS, LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS, L. BULGARICUS, L. PARACASEI, STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS, 160 LRHAMNOSUS Dally Value CONTAINS MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Triple cheddar cheese vermont sharp cheddar
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), anti-caking blend (potato starch, cornstarch, calcium sulfate, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lifeway Kefir
Ingredients: Leche de vaca pasteurizada baja en grasa (Leche baja en grasa, cultivos lácteos) Leche de vaca sin grasa, Pectina, Palmitato Vitamina A, Vitamina D3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Yoplait Greek 100 Protein Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, fructose. contains 0.5% or less of: corn starch, natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus), acesulfame potassium, sucralose, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), soybean oil, sodium phosphate, contains less than 2% of: whey protein concentrate, salt, carrageenan, sodium citrate, natural flavor, glucono-delta-lactone, lactic acid, sorbic acid ( a preservative), artificial color (yellow #5 and yellow #6).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

PUMPKIN & SPICE
Ingredients: Pasteurized skim milk, pasteurized cream, pears, cane sugar, spices (cinnamon, nutmeg), fruit pecin, live active cultures
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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
