Food additive · Acidity regulator / processing aid

Bacterial cultures

Live bacteria used to ferment yogurt, cheese, sourdough and cultured foods.

  • Food additive
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

No concern Level 0 of 4 How concern levels work

A whole food or a benign function, with no credible concern. It never costs points. The concern level sets how many points bacterial cultures costs on a product’s receipt.

Popular products that list bacterial cultures

1,648 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list bacterial cultures. The 12 most scanned:

Diets and allergens

Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Depends on the source
Gluten-free
Depends on the source

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (71)
  • bifidus
  • culture
  • l casei
  • b lactis
  • b longum
  • cultures
  • l lactis
  • b bifidum
  • l gasseri
  • l reuteri
  • probiotic
  • b infantis
  • probiotics
  • l paracasei
  • l plantarum
  • l rhamnosus
  • s boulardii
  • l bulgaricus
  • l helveticus
  • culture added
  • l acidophilus
  • live cultures
  • bifidobacteria
  • cheese culture
  • cultures added
  • dairy cultures
  • kefir cultures
  • s thermophilus
  • vegan cultures
  • active cultures
  • bifidobacterium
  • cheese cultures
  • lactic cultures
  • starter culture
  • yogurt cultures
  • starter cultures
  • yoghurt cultures
  • bacterial culture
  • propionibacterium
  • bacillus coagulans
  • bacterial cultures
  • cultures including
  • cultures lactiques
  • ferments lactiques
  • lactococcus lactis
  • milchsaurekulturen
  • probiotic cultures
  • culture bacterienne
  • lactobacillus casei
  • acid starter culture
  • lactic acid bacteria
  • live active cultures
  • penicillium candidum
  • cultures bacteriennes
  • cultures probiotiques
  • lactobacillus reuteri
  • bifidobacterium lactis
  • bifidobacterium longum
  • penicillium camemberti
  • penicillium roqueforti
  • bacterial culture added
  • lactobacillus paracasei
  • lactobacillus plantarum
  • lactobacillus rhamnosus
  • saccharomyces boulardii
  • lactobacillus bulgaricus
  • lactobacillus helveticus
  • live and active cultures
  • lactobacillus acidophilus
  • streptococcus thermophilus
  • lactic acid starter culture

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