Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 45)

Shredded Chihuahua Natural Quesadilla Style Cheese for Melting
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED GRADE A WHOLE COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, CULTURE, POTATO STARCH (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), POWDERED CELLULOSE (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), AND NATAMYCIN (MOLD INHIBITOR), CONTAINS: MILK
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Genoa Salame Provolone Cheese
Ingredients: Pork, Sea Salt, Cultured Swiss Chard, Dextrose, Pepper, Sugar, Fresh Garlic, Natural Flavor, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Enzymes, Salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pre-sliced yellow american cheese
Ingredients: American cheese (milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes), cream, sodium phosphates, paprika, annatto, salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry/Strawberry Kiwi Smoothies
Ingredients: Cultured Grade A Low Fat Milk, Water, Cane Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Contains Less Than 1% Of: Milk Minerals, Kiwi Puree, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavors, Fruit & Vegetable Juice (For Color), Vitamin D3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

yoghurt
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized milk, cane sugar, honey, kosher gelatin, pectin, live active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, and l. casei.).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Rembrandt, Extra Aged Gouda Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto natural color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

QUESADILLA Mexican Style Melting Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, cellulose, natamyacin, annatto color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Yellow
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese (pasteurized nonfat milk and milkfat, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
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

Whipped Cream Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Monterey jack cheese, monterey jack
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lebni Pasteurized Kefir Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized milk and cream, nonfat milk, lactose reduced nonfat milk, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sharp Cheddar
Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, vegetarian enzymes, cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cottage Cheese 4% Milkfat Small Curd
Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized skim milk, organic pasteurized cream, organic nonfat milk, salt, citric acid, organic guar gum, organic locust bean gum, acidophilus and bifidus cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Original vanilla Low Fat Yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured Grade A Low Fat Milk, Water, Sugar, Fructose, Modified Food Starch, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: Modified Corn Starch, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Gelatin, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3. CONTAINS ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES INCLUDING L. Acidophilus. CONTAINS: Milk.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fiesta Blend
Ingredients: monterey jack, cheddar, queso quesadilla and asadero cheeses (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color [in cheddar cheese]), potato added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Extra 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

Wickedly Habanero Premium Selected Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, jalapeno peppers, salt, taco seasoning (salt, chili pepper, spices, garlic, onion, citric acid, paprika, natural flavors), habaneros, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Reduced Fat Swiss Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, rennet, salt, *vitamin a palmitate, culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Reduced Fat Swiss Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized part-skim milk, rennet, salt, *vitamin a, palmitate culture.
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

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

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

Spinach artichoke spreadable cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured milk and cream, spinach, artichoke, salt, onion, garlic, guar gum and/or carob bean gum, lemon juice concentrate, sorbic acid (to maintain freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
