Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 53)

Aged Cheddar Cheese Snacks
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, VEGETARIAN RENNET.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Kefir Black Cherry
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED ORGANIC MILK, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC BLACK CHERRY NATURAL FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, ORGANIC NONFAT MILK, ORGANIC VEGETABLE JUICE (FOR COLOR), PECTIN, VITAMIN D3, CULTURES
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Finely shredded Parmesan cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM 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

Cookies & Cream flavored
Ingredients: cultured lowfat milk, water, chicory root fiber, less than 1,5% of: cocoa powder, lactase natural flavors, monk fruit extract, stevia leaf extract treb m), fruit pectin, locust bean gum, lemon juice concentrate, "ingredient not found in regular yogurt,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

AGED SHARP WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE SLICES
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Unexpected Cheddar cheese Spread
Ingredients: CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZIME, WATER, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), WHEY, SEA SALT, LACTIC OD,GUAR GUM. CONTAINS MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cream Cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED CULTURED CREAM (MILK), LACTASE ENZYME, SEA SALT, LIVE AND ACTIVE CULTURES.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garden vegetable with sweet basil semi soft cheese
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, VEGETABLE MIX (RED BELL PEPPERS, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, ONION, CELERY, CARROTS, CUCUMBERS, CAULIFLOWER, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR SALT, LESS THAN 1/10 OF 1% SODIUM BENZOATE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, AND SODIUM METABISULFITE), SALT, SWEET BASIL, CHEESE CULTURE, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, AND PARSLEY. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Ginger Tumeric Alive Ancient Mushroom Elixir
Ingredients: Adaptogenic mushroom infusion (reishi, chaga, turkey tail), guayusa, raw apple cider vinegar, dark amber maple, fresh pressed ginger juice, fresh pressed turmeric juice, erythritol, black pepper, stevia
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Trix yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured Grade A Low Fat Milk, Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Starch, Fruit and Vegetable Juice, Natural Flavor, Beta Carotene, Potassium Sorbate, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D₂
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low-Fat Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: Grade A Pasteurized Milk, L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, and L. Rhamnosus
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

plant-based coconut blend toasted coconut
Ingredients: Cultured Coconut Milk (Water, Coconut Cream), Pea Protein, Cane Sugar, Coconut Cream, Coconut Oil, Macadamia Nut Butter, tapioca starch, corn starch, Natural Flavor, Fruit Pectin
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

plant-based coconut blend mixed berries
Ingredients: Coconut Milk, Water, Coconut Cream), Pea Protein, Berries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Strawberries), Cane Sugar, Coconut Oil, Macadamia Nuts, Tapioca Flour, Fruit Pectin, Natural Flavor, Live Active Cultures Live Active Cultures: S. Thermophilus, L. Delbrueckii Subsp. Bulgaricus, L. Plantarum, L. Acidophilus, B. Lactis
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Unsweetened Plain Organic Cultured Coconut
Ingredients: Organic Coconutmilk (Water, Organic Coconut Meat), Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Tapioca Starch, Live and Active Cultures (L. Acidophilus, B. Lactis, S. Thermophilus, L. Casei, L. Culgaricus, B. Bifidum, L. Rhamnosus.))
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gourmet Snacking Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzymes, annatto (vegetable color), contains: milk,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepper Jack
Ingredients: MONTEREY JACK CHEESE WITH JALAPEÑO PEPPERS (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, RED AND GREEN JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES). CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pizza Blend
Ingredients: Low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes), unsmoked provolone cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), asiago fresh cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, animal enzymes), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

KEFIR cultured lowfat milk
Ingredients: Pasteurized lowfat milk, nonfat milk, cane sugar, pectin, natural strawberry flavor, natural raspberry flavor, natural blueberry flavor, red beet juice (for color), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3, live and active cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Blueberry Noosa Yogurt
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized whole milk, fruit puree (blackberries, water, sugar, acai puree, locust bean gum, pectin, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors), 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

Yoplait Kids Raspberry/Strawberry Banana Variety Pack 8 Count
Ingredients: Raspberry : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, citric acid, vegetable and fruit juice (for color), potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, natural flavor, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.strawberry banana : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains less than 1% of: kosher gelatin, citric acid, natural flavor, vegetable juice (for color), potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole milk yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized whole milk, cane sugar, maple syrup, pectin, natural flavor. 5 live active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus and l. paracasei.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Go-Gurt SpongeBob SquarePants Strawberry and Cotton Candy Yogurt Tubes
Ingredients: Strawberry splash : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, tricalcium phosphate, natural flavor, vegetable juice (for color), potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, carrageenan, vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3. cool cotton candy : cultured pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, tricalcium phosphate, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, natural flavor, carrageenan, spirulina extract (for color), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Yoplait Light Blueberry Patch Fat Free Yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, blueberries, modified corn starch, sugar, kosher gelatin, natural flavor, tricalcium phosphate, citric acid, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, red #40, vitamin a acetate, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), blue #1, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Provolone Classic
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes (microbial).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto), Potato Starch, Natamycin.
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

Mixed Berries Icelandic Cream-Skyr
Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, pasteurized cream, berries (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries), cane sugar, fruit pectin, live active cultures live active cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
