Fermented Foods Roundup
We analyzed 2449 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 69)

Lowfat Plain Yogurt
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized organic low fat milk, pectin, vitamin d3. contains six live active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. casei and l. rhamnosus.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

chive & onion
Ingredients: pastured milk and cream, whey protein concentrate, whey, salt, dried chives, dried onions, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, guar gum, natural flavor, sorbic acid (as a preservative), vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Black Cherry
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, black cherries, cane sugar, water, fruit pectin, cherry juice concentrate, natural flavors, locust bean gum, guar gum, lemon juice concentrate. 6 live and active cultures: S. Thermophilus, L. Bulgaricus, L. Acidophilus, bobant.com Bifidus, L. Casei, and L. Rhamnosus.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Seoul Kimchi
Ingredients: Napa cabbage, chili pepper, carrots, garlic, green onion, sugar, onion, baby shrimp, sea salt, ginger, anchovy extract (anchovy, salt, sugar)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

4 State Cheddar
Ingredients: Cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], potato starch (to prevent caking), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Milk Greek Yogurt Plain
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, CREAM, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES (L. ACIDOPHILUS,, BIFIDUS, L. BULGARICUS AND S., THERMOPHILUS), VITAMIN A, PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3, CONTAINS MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Low Fat Plain
Ingredients: Skyr (Pasteurized Lowfat Milk, Live and Active Cultures). Contains Milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

A2 Organic Whole Milk Yogurt Plain
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED ORGANIC COW MILK, LIVE, ACTIVE CULTURES: S. THERMOPHILUS, L BULGARICUS, LACIDOPHILUS, BIFIDUS
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kimchi Spicy Fermented Napa Cabbage
Ingredients: NAPA CABBAGE, RADISH, ONION, RED PEPPER POWDER, SALT, GARLIC, VINEGAR, LACTIC ACID
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Mango
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, cream), mango, evaporated cane sugar, water, fruit pectin natural flavors, locust bean gum, fruit and vegetable juice concentrate (for color), 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

Original Sour Cream
Ingredients: CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK, WHEY, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CULTURED DEXTROSE, GELATIN, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM CITRATE, CALCIUM SULFATE AND LOCUST BEAN GUM.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized _milk_, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
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

Coconut Thick & Creamy Skyr
Ingredients: Skyr (pasteurized low-fat milk, live and active cultures), cane sugar, coconut, pectin, locust bean gum, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mystic Mango
Ingredients: GT's Kombucha*, and mango puree., *Organically produced., 30-day ferment of Kombucha culture*, black tea*, green tea*, kiwi juice*, and cane sugar**.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Organic Kids Strawberry Lowfat Yogurt Tube
Ingredients: pasteurized organic whole milk, organic cane sugar, pectin, organic spinach purée, organic mango flavor, vitamin d3
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

plain cream cheese alternative made with almond milk
Ingredients: almond milk (water, almonds), salt, vinegar, enzyme, xanthan gum, guar gum, cultures,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Peach
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, peaches, cane sugar, water, fruit pectin, natural flavors, guar gum, lemon juice concentrate, locust bean gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Reduced Fat Cream Cheese
Ingredients: pasteurized milk and cream, whey protein concentrate, contains less than 2% of salt, carob bean gum, guar gum, sorbic acid (as a preservative)*, vitamin a palmitate, cheese culture
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

simple ingredient skyr STRAWBERRY
Ingredients: Pasteurized skim milk, strawberries, cane sugar, fruit pectin, live active cultures
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Oikos Pro Vanilla
Ingredients: CULTURED GRADE A ULTRA-FILTERED NON FAT MILK, WATER, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CREAM, TAPIOCA STARCH, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, STEVIA LEAF REB M, POTASSIUM SORBATE, VITAMIN D3, YOGURT CULTURES S. THERMOPHILUS, L. BULGARICUS.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Vanilla
Ingredients: Cultured nonfat milk, cane sugar, water, natural flavors, fruit pectin, guar gum, locust bean gum, vanilla extract, lemon juice concentrate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Feta Cheese
Ingredients: Feta cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose, natamycin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Unsweetened Plain Cashew & Coconut Yogurt Alternative
Ingredients: Filtered water, cashews*, corn starch*, coconut cream*, locust bean gum*, agar, live active cultures. Live Active Cultures: S. Thermophilus, L. Plantarum, L. Acidophilus, Bifidus, L. Lactis. Contains: Cashews, coconut. *Organic
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Medium cheddar cheese, medium cheddar
Ingredients: Cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cabot, premium extra sharp aged cheddar cheese
Ingredients: fresh pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
