Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 51)

Go gurt low fat yogurt
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch*. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin*, tricalcium phosphate, natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, carrageenan*, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

organic lowfat yogurt plain
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized organic low fat milk, pectin, vitamin D3, bifidobacterium lactis, lactobacillus acidophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. paracasei, streptococcus thermophilus, l. rhamnosus
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE [ PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES (RENNET)].
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grated Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients: MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT AND ENZYMES POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Medium white cheese
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low Fat Yogurt
Ingredients: cultured grade a reduced fat milk, cane sugar, water, peaches, modified food starch, contains less than 1% of milk protein concentrate, kosher gelatin, natural flavors, agar agar, carrageenan, annatto extract and black carrot juice (for color), malic acid, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sliced Colby Jack Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, MICROBIAL RENNET, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: pasteurized milk and cream, sugar, strawberry puree, whey protein concentrate, whey, dried strawberries, salt, modified food starch, carob bean gum, color added, xanthan gum, guar gum, natural flavor, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

simple ingredient skyr coconut
Ingredients: Pasteurized skim milk, pasteurized cream, coconut, cane sugar, fruit pectin, live active cultures live active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, b. lactis, l. acidophilus, l. delbrueckii subsp. lactis
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry Cheesecake
Ingredients: cultured low-fat milk, cane sugar, strawberries, water, wheat flour, vegetable oils (palm, palm kernel), natural flavors, rice flour, brown sugar, tapioca flour, fruit pectin, skim milk, wheat germ, honey, salt, wheat bran, locust bean gum, vegetable juice concentrate, guar gum, soy lecithin, baking soda, citric acid, calcium carbonate, lemon juice concentrate
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese
Ingredients: REDUCED FAT CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM _MILK_, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, ANNATTO [VEGETABLE COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE) ANTI-CAKING BLEND (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, NATAMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Just Like Colby Jack Shreds
Ingredients: Filtered Water, Coconut Oil, modified Potato starch, modified Corn starch, Potato Starch, Salt (Sea Salt), Organic Ground Sunflower Kernel, Colby Jack Flavor, Lactic Acid, Olive Extract, Paprika Extract , Beta Carotene, Vitamin B12, Powdered Cellulose
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Watermelon Kombucha
Ingredients: filtered water, kombucha culture, black tea, green tea, cane sugar, apple juice concentrate, ginger juice, lime juice concentrate, natural flavor, 100% pure love
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Goat's Milk Creamy Cheese
Ingredients: Pasteurized Goat's Milk, Pasteurized Goat's Cream, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Microbial Rennet. **
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole milk yogurt, pear spinach mango
Ingredients: Cultured Pasteurized Organic Whole Milk, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Pear Purée Concentrate, Pectin, Organic Spinach Purée, Organic Mango Purée, Natural Flavor, Organic Flavor, Vitamin D3, S. thermophilus, L. bulgaricus, L. acidophilus, Bifidus, L. paracasei.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Two Good Peach Yogurt-Cultured Ultra-Filtered Milk
Ingredients: Cultured reduced fat milk, water, less than 1%: tapioca starch, natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, gellan gum, stevia leaf reb m, fruit & vegetable juice concentrate (for color), sea salt, active yogurt cultures l. bulgaricus & s. thermophilus.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED NONFAT MILK, PASTEURIZED MILK, PASTEURIZED CREAM, SEA SALT, STABILIZER (NONFAT MILK, LOCUST BEAN GUM, AGAR), CARBON DIOXIDE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plain greek nonfat yogurt, plain
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized organic nonfat milk, live and active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. paracasei).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic plain greek whole milk yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized organic whole milk, live and active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. paracasei, l. rhamnosus).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Almondmilk Yogurt Alternative Plain
Ingredients: Almondmilk (filtered water, almonds), cane sugar, contains 2% or less of: pectin, calcium citrate, live and active cultures, tricalcium phosphate, vitamin d2.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plain Whipped Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients: Pasteurized _Milk_ and Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Stabilizers (Carob Bean and/or Xanthan and/or Guar Gums), Natamycin (A natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Sparkling Probiotic Drink Strawberry Acai Coconut
Ingredients: Purified water, kombucha culture (bacillus coagulans lactospore mtcc 5856, lactobacillus rhamnosus)*, cane sugar*, tart cherry juice concentrate*, cherry flavor, ginger extract*, black tea*, black tea essence*, green coffee bean extract (caffeine)*§, green tea*, reb a (stevia leaf extract)*.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Blueberry on the Bottom
Ingredients: Nonfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk), blueberries, evaporated cane sugar, water, fruit pectin, natural flavor, locust bean gum, lemon juice concentrate. contains live and active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l.acidophilus, bifidus and l. casei.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Low Fat Cottage Cheese Small Curd 1% Milkfat
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, milk, nonfat milk, contains less than 2% of: whey, salt, maltodextrin, citric acid, carrageenan, mono - and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural flavors, vitamin a palmitate, carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness), enzyme.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a milk, cane sugar, peaches, pumpkin and black carrot juice (for color), pectin, natural flavor, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Yoplait strawberry yogurt 6 oz
Ingredients: 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.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Queso in a can
Ingredients: Water, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes), canola oil, whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate, contains less than 2% of milk, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, calcium phosphate, salt, lactic acid, sodium alginate, sorbic acid as a preservative, color (annatto extract, apocarotenal), enzymes, cheese culture.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cottage Cheese with Strawberries
Ingredients: COTTAGE CHEESE (CULTURED SKIM MILK, CREAM, SALT), STRAWBERRY FRUIT PREPARATION (STRAWBERRIES, WATER, CANE SUGAR, CORN STARCH, CALCIUM LACTATE, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE (FOR COLOR), CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
