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Fermented Foods Roundup

We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 56)

Calories
393
Protein
25g
Cabot, Agri-Mark Inc.

Premium Naturally Aged Cheddar Cheese

Ingredients: Fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
429
Protein
21g
Tillamook, Tillamook County Creamery Assn.

Sharp white cheddar cheese

Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
429
Protein
21g
Tillamook, Tillamook County Creamery Assn.

Sharp cheddar natural cheese

Ingredients: CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
54
Sugar
10g
Dannon,The Dannon Company Inc.

Danimals Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Ingredients: Cultured grade a low fat milk, cane sugar, water, contains less than 1% of corn starch, modified food starch, milk minerals, natural flavors, fruit and vegetable juice (for color), lemon juice concentrate, vitamin d3.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
54
Sugar
10g
Dannon, The Dannon Company Inc., Danimals

Raspberry Smoothies

Ingredients: Cultured grade a low fat milk, water, sugar, contains less than 1% of modified corn starch, whey mineral complex, natural flavors, pectin, agar agar, fruit juice and vegetable juice (for color), malic acid, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), vitamin d3, sodium citrate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
82
Sugar
7g
Lucerne, Lucerne Dairy Farms

Plain Whole Milk Yogurt

Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK CONDENSED SKIM MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH PECTIN, CARRAGEENAN, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE. CONTAINS: MILK.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
58
Sugar
8g
Lifeway, Lifeway Foods Inc.

Kefir raspberry low fat milk smoothie

Ingredients: Pasteurized lowfat milk, nonfat milk, cane sugar, pectin, natural raspberry flavor, natural flavors, red beet juice (for color), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3, live and active cultures.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
75
Sugar
5g
365 Whole Foods Market

Whole Milk Yogurt Plain

Ingredients: cultured pasteurized organic whole milk, pectin, vitamin d3, live and active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. casei, l. rhamnosus).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
54
Sugar
0g
Forager

Probiotic cashewmilk yogurt

Ingredients: Cashewmilk (filtered water, ground cashews*), cassava root*, vegan cultured dextrose* (a natural preservative), locust bean gum*, live active cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. cremoris, l. acidophilus, bifidus, b. lactis, l. casei, l. paracasei, l. plantarum, l. rhamnosus).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
267
Sugar
7g
good CULTURE

CREAM CHEESE SPREAD PLAIN

Ingredients: Cream, nonfat milk, sea salt, live and active cultures (Bifidobacterium spp.) CONTAINS: pasteurized milk

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
133
Sugar
14g
Noosa

Finest Yoghurt

Ingredients: Grade A Pasteurized Whole Milk, Cane Sugar, Vanilla Blend (Cane Sugar, Water, Pectin, Vanilla Extract, Tapioca Flour, Vanilla Beans, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavors), Water, Wildflower Honey, Kosher Gelatin, Pectin, Live Active Cultures

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
3
Sugar
3g
Health-Ade

Strawberry Glow Up Kombucha

Ingredients: ORGANIC KOMBUCHA';, COLD-PRESSED KIWI JUICE STRAWBERRY ESSSENCE, BIOTIN, BAMBOO EXTRACT*, LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES (BACILLUS COAGULANS MTCC 5856) ';ORGANIC KOMBUCHA: FILTERED WATER, ACIDS FROM FERMENTATION (ACETIC, LACTIC, GLUCONIC, TARTARIC), CANE SUGAR*, LIVE KOMBUCHA CULTURES, BLACK TEA*, GREEN TEA*, CARBONATION *CERTIFIED ORGANIC

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
100
Protein
13g
good culture

COTTAGE CHEESE

Ingredients: Organic skim milk, organic whole milk, organic cream, sea salt, lactase enzyme, live and active cultures (Lactococcus ssp., Lactobacillus ssp.)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
87
Sugar
10g
Trader Joe's

Greek Nonfat Yogurt Strawberry

Ingredients: GRADE A PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK, STRAWBERRY FRUIT BASE (CANE SUGAR STRAWBERES FED CORNSTARCH NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, VEGETABLE JUICE (COLOR), LIVE AND ACTIVE CTURES IS THERMOPHILUS L BULGARICUS, LACIDOPHILUS, BIFIDUS, L CASE) CONTAINS MILK

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
429
Protein
21g
Simple Truth Organic

Sharp white cheddar cheese bar

Ingredients: organic pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, microbial enzymes

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
25g
Trader Joe's

Shredded Sharp Cheddar

Ingredients: Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Microbial Enzymes, Annatto, Potato Starch and Powdered Cellulose (to prevent caking), Natamycin (natural mold inhibitor)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
19
Sugar
4g
Vita Life

Organic Kombucha Ginger Lemon

Ingredients: ORGANIC RAW KOMBUCHA (FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC TEA BLEND, ORGANIC KOMBUCHA CULTURE), ORGANIC GINGER JUICE, ORGANIC WHOLE LEMON PUREE, DE111® BACILLUS SUBTILIS (PROBIOTIC)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
388
Protein
25g
Trader Joe's

Unexpected cheddar cheese

Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYME.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Protein
21g
365 Whole Foods Market

Mexican-Style Blend

Ingredients: Monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), queso blanco cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), asadero cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes), powdered cellulose.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
53
Sugar
1g
too good & co.

vanilla blended yogurt

Ingredients: Cultured grade a reduced fat milk, water, contains less than 1% of tapioca starch, natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, gellan gum, stevia leaf reb m, fruit and 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
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Calories
88
Sugar
1g
Kite Hill

Plain unsweetened almond milk yogurt

Ingredients: WATER, ALMONDS, STARCH, CITRUS FIBER, LOCUST BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, LIVE CULTURES

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
286
Protein
25g
Great Value

Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients: Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
77
Sugar
10g
Trader Joe's

Greek Nonfat Yogurt Blueberry

Ingredients: GRADE A PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK, BLUEBERRY FRUIT BASE (CANE SUGAR, BLUEBERRIES, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR), LIVE AND ACTIVE CULTURES: S. THERMOPHILUS, L. BULGARICUS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, BIFIDUS, L. CASEI,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
63
Sugar
1g
Forager

Organic yogurt alternative

Ingredients: Cashewmilk (filtered water, ground cashews*), cassava root*, locust bean gum*, live active cultures (s. thermpohilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. lactis, l. plantarum).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
121
Sugar
0g
Oui by Yoplait

Whole Milk French Style Yogurt Strawberry

Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a milk, cane sugar, strawberries, pectin, carrot juice (for color), natural flavor, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
50
Sugar
8g
trader Joe's

Low Fat Kefir Strawberry

Ingredients: PASTEURIZED GRADE A CULTURED LOW FAT MILK, CANE SUGAR, PECTIN, PASTEURIZED GRADE A NONFAT MILK, NATURAL STRAWBERRY FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, BEETROOT JUICE CONCENTRATE (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3, LIVE ACTIVE CULT RES (L. CASEI, L. LACTIS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, L. PLANTARUM, RHAMNOSUS, B. BACTERIUM LONGUM, LEUCONOSTOC CREMORIS, B.BACTERIUM BREVE, STREPTOCOCCUS DIACETYLACTIS, SACCAROMYCES FLORENTINUS, L. REUTERI, B. LACTIS). CULTURED AFTER PASTEURIZATION.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
88
Sugar
11g
Yoplait

Original Variety Pack Strawberry/Strawberry Banana Yogurt

Ingredients: Strawberry : 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. strawberry banana : pasteurized grade a reduced fat milk, sugar, strawberries, modified corn starch, banana puree, 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
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Calories
87
Sugar
9g
chobani

Greek Yogurt Strawberry Banana

Ingredients: Cultured lowfat milk, cane sugar, strawberries, water, bananas, fruit pectin, guar gum, natural flavors, fruit and vegetable juice concentrate (for color), lemon juice concentrate, locust bean gum, live active cultures (S.Thermophilus, L. Bulgaricus, L. Acidophilus, Bifidus, L. Casei, L. Rhamnosus).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
111
Sugar
12g
wallaby organic

Aussie Greek Style Whole Milk Yogurt Vanilla Bean

Ingredients: Organic cultured pasteurized milk and cream, organic cane sugar, natural flavor, organic locust bean gum, pectin, organic vanilla beans. live and active probiotic cultures: l. acidophilus, l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, bifidus, l. paracasei.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Protein
29g
Trader Joe's

Sliced swiss cheese

Ingredients: PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, MICROBIAL RENNET.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Fermented Foods category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 2449 products in the Fermented Foods category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Fermented Foods?+
We rank Fermented Foods based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Fermented Foods here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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