Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 49)

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

Vermont Sharp, Hand Selected Premium Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Italian Style Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, vinegar, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Farmstyle Cut Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
Ingredients: Low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), potato starch (added to prevent caking), natamycin (natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

SHARP CHEDDAR
Ingredients: SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), POTATO STARCH (ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Medium Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (color).
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

Alouette garlic &herbs soft spreadable cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, GARLIC, SPICES, SALT, GUAR GUM, SORBIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), CAROB BEAN GUM.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Vanilla Yogurt with M&M'S Minis Milk Chocolate Candies
Ingredients: lowfat yogurt: cultured pasteurized grade a lowfat milk, sugar, water, modified corn starch, contains less than 1% of natural flavors, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), malic acid, sodium citrate, vitamin d3, m,m's minis milk chocolate candies: milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, skim milk, cocoa butter, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, salt, artificial and natural flavors), sugar, less than 2%-coloring (includes blue 1 lake, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 2), corn syrup, dextrin, cornstarch, carnauba wax,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Taco Shredded Colby-Jack, Cheddar & Manchego Cheese with Authentic Seasonings
Ingredients: Colby cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], manchego cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), taco seasoning [maltodextrin, spice, salt, sugar, potato flour, natural flavor, paprika oleoresin (color)], natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Light + Fit Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured grade a non fat milk, water, fructose, contains less than 1% of modified food starch, coffee powder, artificial flavor, malic acid, sucralose, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), acesulfame potassium, sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Activia Base Cherry
Ingredients: cultured reduced fat milk, cane sugar, cherries, water, modified food starch, less than 1%: natural flavors, vegetable juice (for color), milk protein concentrate, kosher gelatin, agar agar, lactic acid, calcium lactate, vitamin d3, live cultures l. bulgaricus (2), l. lactis, s. thermophilus, live and active probiotic b. lactis dn 173-010/cncm i-2494,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry
Ingredients: Cultured grade a reduced fat milk, cane sugar, strawberries, water, modified food starch, contains less than 1% of milk protein concentrate, kosher gelatin, agar agar, natural flavors, fruit juice concentrate, fruit and vegetable juice (for color), carrageenan, calcium lactate, lactic acid, milk calcium, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Lowfat Yogurt 1.5% Milkfat Vanilla
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized lowfat milk, sugar, whey protein concentrate, nonfat milk solids, whey and vanilla extract. contains live and active cultures including bifidobacterium lactis, l. acidophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. lactis and s. thermophilus
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nonfat yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, whey protein concentrate, nonfat milk solids and whey. contains live and active cultures including bifidobacterium lactis, l. acidophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. lactis and s. thermophilus
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

2% Milkfat Lowfat Cottage Cheese Small Curd
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a skim milk and cream, whey, contains less than 2% of modified food starch, potassium citrate, salt, calcium phosphate, xanthan gum, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, guar gum, potassium chloride, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Bar
Ingredients: yogurt (pasteurized whole milk, active cultures), strawberry jam (strawberries, cane sugar, pectin, lemon juice), chocolate (cocoa, cane sugar, palm oil, sunflower lecithin), cane sugar, whey protein, cultured skim milk, natural flavor, xanthan gum, beet
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

reduced fat yogurt
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized skim milk, pasteurized whole milk, corn starch, natural flavor, fruit pectin, vegetable juice concentrate (color), stevia rebaudioside m, live active cultures s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Vanilla bean yogurt
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized organic whole milk, organic cane sugar, corn starch, organic vanilla flavor, vanilla bean, pectin, guar gum, vanilla bean gum, gelatin, live and active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. casei, l. rhamnosus
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), modified cornstarch added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Oikos Pro Mixed Berry Flavored Yogurt
Ingredients: CULTURED GRADE A ULTRA-FILTERED NON FAT MILK, WATER, WHEY PROTEN LETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE (FOR COLOR), LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, STEVIA LEAF CONCENTRATE NATURAL FLAVORS, CREAM; CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF TAPIOCA STARCE D FEM POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), VITAMIN D3, YOGURT CULTURES STHERMOPHILUS&L BULGARICUS.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nonfat Greek Yogurt - Raspberry
Ingredients: COULTURED NONFAT MILK, WATER, CANE SUGAR, RASPBERRY PUREE, RASPBERRIES FRUIT PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE FOR COLOR, GUAR GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE VONTAINS LIVE AND ACTUVE CULTURES: S. THERMOPHILUS, L BULGARICUS, LACIDOPHILUS BIFIDUS AND CASEI
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Probiotic Oatmilk Non-Dairy Yogurt- Plain
Ingredients: Oatmilk (water, whole oat flour), faba bean protein, tapioca flour, coconut oil, agar, citric acid
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured grade a non fat milk, water, blueberry puree, fructose, contains less than 1% of modified food starch, carmine (for color), natural and artificial flavors, sucralose, malic acid, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), acesulfame potassium, sodium citrate, active yogurt cultures l. bulgaricus & s. thermophilus.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Vanilla Bean Whole Milk Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: GRADE A PASTEURIZED MILK (CULTURED PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK, PASTEURIZE DREAM VANILLA BEAN BASE (WATER, CANE SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR FESTIN LOCUST BEAN GUM, VANILLA BEANS, CITRIC ACID), LIVE AND ACTIVE CULTURES THERMOPHILUS LBULGARICUS, LACIDOPHILUS, BIFIDUS, L.CASE) CONTAINS MILK
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Kombucha Mixed Berry
Ingredients: Organic raw kombucha (carbonated water, sugar*, black tea leaves, green tea leaves", kombucha culture (yeast, bacteria cultures)). erythritol", hibiscus tea (water, hibiscus*), lemon juice*, natural blueberry. blackberry, strawberry and caramel flavors, stevia extract (steviol glycosides").
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
