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Is Actimel Strawberry 0% Added Sugar 0% Fat ultra-processed?

100g Fermented milk drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Actimel Strawberry 0% Added Sugar 0% Fat

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed fermented milk drinks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Yogurt, Water, Skimmed Milk, Strawberry Purée 2%, Modified Tapioca Starch, Stabiliser (Pectin), Milk Minerals Concentrate, Flavourings, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid), Sweeteners (Sucralose, Acesulfame K), Lactobacillus casei (lactobacillus casei Danone), vitamins, vitamin D, vitamin B6

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Yogurt (Milk), Water, Skimmed Milk, Strawberry Purée (2.0%), Modified Tapioca Starch, Stabiliser (Pectin), Milk Minerals Concentrate, Flavourings, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid), Sweeteners (Sucralose, Acesulfame K), Lactobacillus casei (L. casei Danone), Vitamins (D, B6).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 195 fermented milk drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 188th. 76% of the fermented milk drinks here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 195 fermented milk drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060360502151, last edited 27 February 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.