Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 61)

Plain Yogurt
Ingredients: pasteurized organic whole milk, live,active yogurt cultures: l bulgaricus, s thermophilus, l acidophilus , bifidobacterium, pu
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Havarti Deli Sliced Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Vanilla & Cinnamon plant-based coconut blend
Ingredients: Coconut Milk (Water, Coconut Cream), Pea Protein, Cane Sugar, Coconut Oil, Macadamia Nuts, Tapioca Flour, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla (Vanilla Extract, Vanilla Bean Specks), Fruit Pectin, Cinnamon, Live Active Cultures (S. thermophilus, L. delbrueckii subsp.bulgaricus, L plantarum, L. acidophilus, B. lactis)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

American Cheese
Ingredients: Cultured Skim Milk and Milk, Water, Nonfat Dry Milk, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Sodium Citrate, Potassium Citrate, Salt, Sorbic Acid, Lactic Acid, Paprika and Annatto (Color), Enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Total 2% Milkfat
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized skimmed milk and cream, live active yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. casei).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Just Like Cheddar Shreds
Ingredients: filtered water, coconut oil, food starch-modified (potato , corn), corn starch, salt (sea salt), flavor (vegan sources), olive extract, paprika extract , beta carotene, vitamin b12, powdered cellulose
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mild Cheddar shredded cheese
Ingredients: TEAR HERE - RESEALABLE BAG Happy farms® by ALDI MILD CHEDDAR shredded cheese HAPPY FARMS® CHEESES ARE AVAILABLE IN MANY VARIETIES AND STYLES INCLUDING CHEESE BLOCKS, DELI SLICES, SHREDDED CHEESES AND SPREADS ENJOY THEM ALL! Nut ition Faet 16 ser container Serving size Personal Amount Per Serving Calories 10 Total Fat 9g %Daily Value• Saturated Faj 5g 12% Trans Fat 0g 25% Cholesterol 25mg Sodium 180mg Total Carbohydrate 2g Dietary Fiber 0a Total Sugers 0g 8% 8% 1% 0% Includes 0g Added Sugars Protein 6g Vitamin D 02 mcg Calcium 190mg 2% Iron 0mg 15° Potassium 20mg 0° • The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR]) ANTI-CAKING BLEND (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, NATAMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]) CONTAINS: MILK DIST , SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY: ALDI, BATAVIA, IL 60510 KEEP REFRIGERATED FOR BEST QUALITY, USE OR FREEZE BY DATE ON FRONT ONCE OPENED, USE WITHIN 5 DAYS MAY BE FROZEN FOR UP TO 2 MONTHS BEFORE OPENING, REFREEZING NOT RECOMMENDED ALDI Twice as Nice GUARANTEE how2recye PLASTIC © item replaced © money refunded POUCH GLUTEN FREE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chevre Goat Cheese
Ingredients: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GOAT'S MILK, SALT,, MICROBIAL ENZYMES., MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plain Cream on Top Yogurt
Ingredients: Organic 100% grass-fed Whole Milk, Live and Active Cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salted Caramel Crunch
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, cream), water, evaporated cane sugar, unbleached wheat flour, cane sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, milk, caramelized syrup, caramel color, natural flavors, malted barley flour, salt, organic soybean oil, guar gum, locust bean gum, fruit pectin, organic soy lecithin, baking soda, vanilla extract, lemon juice concentrate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mozzarella
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, microbial enzymes, powdered cellulose (added to prevent caking).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product Singles
Ingredients: Cultured milk, water, cream, whey, sodium citrate, milk protein concentrate, modified food starch, whey protein concentrate, calcium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, apo carotenal and beta carotene ( color), lactic acid, enzymes, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Feta Crumbles
Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, cellulose powder added to prevent caking, enzymes, natamycin (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

Reduced Fat Yogurt with Real Fruit
Ingredients: Cherry: cultured pasteurized organic reduced fat milk, organic sugar, organic corn starch, organic carob bean gum, natural flavor, organic cherry juice from concentrate, gellan gum, pectin, organic fruit and vegetable juice concentrates (for color), vitamin d3. berry: cultured pasteurized organic reduced fat milk, organic sugar, organic corn starch, organic strawberry juice from concentrate, natural strawberry flavor, natural raspberry flavor, natural flavor, organic fruit and vegetable juice concentrates (for color), organic carob bean gum, gellan gum, pectin, vitamin d3. contains six live active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. casei and l. rhamnosus.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Monterey Jack Cheese
Ingredients: MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR)], QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), ASADERO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR)], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

LIGHT STRING CHEESE REDUCED FAT LOW MOISTURE MOZZARELLA CHEESE
Ingredients: Pasteurized reduced fat milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

String Cheese Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

ORIGINAL vanilla
Ingredients: Cultured grade a non fat milk, water, modified food starch, cane sugar, contains less than 1% of kosher gelatin, natural and artificial flavors, sucralose, sodium citrate, acesulfame potassium, citric acid, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3, active yogurt cultures l. bulgaricus & s. thermophilus.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Parmesan & Romano Cheese
Ingredients: PARMESAN CHEESE, ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CELLULOSE POWDER, POTASSIUM SORBATE.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Black cherry french style yogurt
Ingredients: Pasteurized grade a milk, cane sugar, cherries, pectin, blueberry and carrot juice (for color), yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus), natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Anything But Plain Greek Yogurt
Ingredients: cultured non fat milk, yogurt cultures: s. thermophilus & l.bulgaricus.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry Dairy Unity
Ingredients: Cultured Pasteurized Ultra-Filtered Nonfat Milk, Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Nonfat Milk, Contains 2% or less of: Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavor, Beet Juice Concentrate (for color), Sucralose, Carrageenan
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Whole Milk Yogurt
Ingredients: cultured pasteurized organic milk, pectin, vitamin D3, live and active cultures
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Nonfat Plain
Ingredients: Nonfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk). contains live and active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus and l. casei.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Coconut Blended
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, cream), evaporated cane sugar, water, coconut, natural flavor, fruit pectin, locust bean gum, guar 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

Organic Bulgarian Yogurt
Ingredients: Grade a pastuerized organic whole milk and live cultures (l. acidophilus, l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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
