Fermented Foods Healthy Food Guide
Healthy Food Guide compares fermented foods products using Longevity and Food Integrity scores side by side. Longevity reflects nutrition per serving, while Food Integrity reflects ingredients, processing and label transparency. This page summarizes 1 published fermented foods product currently analyzed by Healthy Food Guide, with links to each individual breakdown.
Category summary
- Fermented Foods products analyzed
- 1
- Scored on both measures
- 1
- Median Longevity Score
- 75/100
- Median Food Integrity Score
- 77/100
- Scoring 80+ on both
- 0
- Brands represented
- 1
- 1 fermented foods product analyzed with both Longevity and Food Integrity scores.
- 0 score at least 80 on both measures.
- Highest Longevity Score in this category: 75/100 (Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese).
- Highest Food Integrity Score in this category: 77/100 (Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese).
- Median scores across analyzed fermented foods products: Longevity 75/100, Food Integrity 77/100.
- 1 brand represented in this category page.
How the two scores differ
- Longevity Score
- Evaluates nutrition-related characteristics relevant to longer-term eating patterns. Longevity methodology
- Food Integrity Score
- Evaluates ingredient composition, processing and related ingredient-quality considerations. Food Integrity methodology
Food Integrity examines characteristics such as ingredients, processing and additive concerns, while Longevity evaluates nutrition-related characteristics associated with longer-term eating patterns. Because the two analyses answer different questions, a product can perform differently under each.
Healthiest 10 Fermented Foods
Ranked by the weaker of Longevity and Food Integrity scores.
Products in this section perform strongly under both Healthy Food Guide scoring lenses; ranking favors the weaker of the two scores so a very high result in one dimension does not conceal a substantially lower result in the other.
- Rank 1

Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese
Enjoy in Moderation
- Longevity Score
- 75/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 77/100
Longevity analysis for Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & CheeseFood Integrity analysis for Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese
Least Healthy 10 Fermented Foods
Ranked by the weaker of Longevity and Food Integrity scores, lowest first.
Products in this section rank lowest under both Healthy Food Guide scoring lenses; ordering favors the weaker of the two scores so a single high score cannot hide a substantially lower result on the other measure.
- Rank 1

Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese
Enjoy in Moderation
- Longevity Score
- 75/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 77/100
Longevity analysis for Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & CheeseFood Integrity analysis for Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese
All analyzed Fermented Foods products
1 analyzed product, ranked by balanced score (weaker of Longevity and Food Integrity scores).
- Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & CheeseLongevity Score 75/100 · Food Integrity Score 77/100Longevity analysis for Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese · Food Integrity analysis for Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese
