Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 44)

CHEDDAR CHEESE
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, 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

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

Cheese dip 'n' cracker sticks
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cheddar and other natural cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [ for color]), sugar, whey, milkfat, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, corn syrup solids, salt, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, lactic acid, sorbic acid (preservative), apo-carotenal (for color), xanthan gum, yeast extract, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alginate, natural flavor, distilled monoglycerides, ascorbic acid, citric acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Organic kefir
Ingredients: Certified organic nonfat milk, organic milk, vitamin a palmitate, and cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepper Jack Style Dairy-Free Cheese
Ingredients: Filtered water, coconut oil, modified potato and corn starches, potato starch, sea salt, green and red jalapeno peppers, natural flavor (plant sources), olive extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Labne Kefir Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk & cream, condensed skim milk, whey protein concentrate, pectin and salt. contains: live active yogurt and probiotic cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. lactis, l. casei, l. acidophilus and bifidobacterium).
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

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

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

Probiotic formula blended whole milk yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk, sugar, strawberries, modified cornstarch, nonfat milk solids, kosher gelatin, natural flavors, concentrated fruit and vegetable juice (color), pectin, sodium citrate, citric acid, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cream Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, brown sugar, water, whey protein concentrate, contains less than 2% of salt, modified food starch, natural flavor, guar gum, cinnamon, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, malic acid, nutmeg, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Yoplait peach 32 oz
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, citric acid, natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, annatto extract (for color), yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Maggio, ricotta chesse
Ingredients: Made from pasteurized whole milk, skim milk, culture, vinegar and salt.
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

Monterey Jack Cheese With Jalapeno Peppers
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, red and green jalapeno peppers, cheese culture, salt and enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shaved Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose, natamycin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar 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: Organic low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (organic cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes), anticake (powdered cellulose).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Large Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured skim milk, skim milk, cream, whey protein concentrate, contains 2% or less of salt, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, natural flavors, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (preservatives), carrageenan, polysorbate 80, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured skim milk, whey protein concentrate, cream, skim milk, contains 2% or less of salt, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, natural flavors, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (preservative), carrageenan, polysorbate 80, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Sicilian Pizza
Ingredients: Toppings: low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), boneless spicy cooked ham - water added - coated with spice (cured with water, salt, sodium lactate, spices, dextrose, sodium phosphate, paprika, sodium diacetate, sodium ascorbate, spice extractives, sodium nitrite), cooked italian sausage (pork, spices, water, salt, sugar, garlic powder, spice extracts), hard salami (pork, beef, salt, dextrose, spices, lactic acid starter culture, sodium ascorbate, natural smoke flavor, flavorings, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), fontina cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), basil. crust: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, palm oil, olive oil, salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate). sauce: tomatoes (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), concentrated crushed tomatoes, water, tomato paste, sugar, dried garlic, garlic, salt, spice, citric acid, soybean oil, olive oil, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

String Cheese Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: rbst untreated cows. no test can now *made with not with distinguish milk from and difference milk from win rbst. the fda has said is no significant ingredients ciltured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, microbal enzymes. contains mlegrents wholf distributed st: whole foods market austin, tx 78703 ©2019 whole foods market ip, lp www.wholefoodsmarket.com marke no signifw rbst. the fda has said there is rbst and untreated cows, no test can nd untreated cows. keep refrigerated
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

light string cheese low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, vitamin A palmitate
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Light greek yogurt
Ingredients: YOGURT Great Value REFRIGERATED ning suggestion 5.307 (150g) K Light GREEK Blueberry 80 Calories Per Serving enlarged to show texture 1/3 FEMER CAURE THAN REGULARIST GRADE FRUIT OTHE NATURAL RACE 32 GREAT FOR YOU
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized organic part-skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes, powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
