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Is Activia Kefir Gut Health ultra-processed?

Kefir yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Activia Kefir Gut Health

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed kefir yogurts

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

Skimmed Milk, Cream, Peach 4.6%, Sugar, Passion Fruit Juice 0.5%, Modified Starch, Pumpkin, Apple, Stabiliser (Pectin), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Natural Flavourings, Milk Minerals Concentrate, Live Yogurt, Kefir Cultures, and Yeasts

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Skimmed Milk, Cream (Milk), Peach (4.6%), Sugar, Concentrated Passion Fruit Juice (0.5%), Modified Starch, Pumpkin and Apple Concentrate, Stabiliser (Pectin), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Natural Flavourings, Milk Minerals Concentrate, Live Yogurt and Kefir Cultures, and Yeasts

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.
2 ingredients 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 kefir yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 71% of the kefir yogurts 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 14 kefir yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060360508979, last edited 23 May 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.