Kefir yogurts, from least to most processed

We track 14 kefir yogurts, 71% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Natural Kefir.

What makes kefir yogurts ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of kefir yogurts that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Natural Kefir NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Natural kefir Bakoma · 380 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (2)

  1. 3 kefir PROTEIN original Biotiful gut health · 250g NOVA group 3
  2. 4 Spoonable kefir with strawberry clonakility Irish yogurts · 350g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (10)

  1. 5 Kefir Strawberry Organic Yogurt Yeo Valley · 350g NOVA group 4
  2. 6 Kefir, Mango and Passion Fruit Yeo Valley · 350g NOVA group 4
  3. 7 Kefir Yeo Valley Organic · 4x400g NOVA group 4
  4. 8 Kefir Yoghurt Graham's · 350 g NOVA group 4
  5. 9 Kefir mango yogurt Waitrose · 450gm NOVA group 4
  6. 10 Kefir drink mango Biotiful · 500ml NOVA group 4
  7. 11 kefir protein vanilla Beautiful Health NOVA group 4
  8. 12 Kefir Strawberry Biotiful · 250ml NOVA group 4
  9. 13 Kefir Yoghurt - Cherry Flavour Biotiful Gut Health · 4x115g NOVA group 4
  10. 14 Kefir Gut Health Activia NOVA group 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.