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Dairy by-products, from least to most processed

We track 11 dairy by-products, 55% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Strained Greek Yogurt Nonfat Plain.

What makes dairy by-products ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of dairy by-products that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (3)

  1. 1 Strained Greek Yogurt Nonfat Plain Lucerne Dairy Farms · 32 oz 1
  2. 2 Total 5% Fat Fage · 950 g 1
  3. 3 Sour Cream Good Culture · 16 oz 1

Processed food (2)

  1. 4 Butter with Olive Oil Challenge · 184 g 3
  2. 5 THE NORCO NATURAL CHEESE Co. Norco Natural Cheese 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 6 Greek Yogurt Plain Liberté Greek · 3 oz 4
  2. 7 Extra Old Cheddar Cheese PC • Loblaws · 400 g 4
  3. 8 Gouda Cheese for Snacking Happy Farms ALDI · 9 oz 4
  4. 9 Greek Yogurt Honey Vanilla Bettergoods · 907 g 4
  5. 10 Clusters Yogurt Oats Double Choc Kopadic · 169 g 4
  6. 11 Real dairy cream Fielding Dairies 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.