Is Activia Low Fat Vanilla Yogurt & Granola ultra-processed?

165g Vanilla yogurt Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
Modified starch
E100 Curcumin
and 4 more

42 ingredients
7 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed vanilla yogurt

Skyr Vanilla Fat Free Icelandic Style Yogurt Arla 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
West country Luxury yogurt Marks & Spencer 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Greek Vanilla Bean Flavored With Other Natural Flavors Grade A Whole Milk Yogurt Simply Nature 17 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

vanilla yogurt 88% (yogurt), water, sugar (processing marker) 5.5%, natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), vanilla, acidity regulators (citric acid, calcium citrate), modified starch (ultra-processing marker), stabilisers (pectin (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), colouring (ultra-processing marker) (beta caroten, curcumin (ultra-processing marker)), cereal clusters 12% (oat flakes), sugar (processing marker), cereal crispies (maize, rie, sugar (processing marker), whole wheat flour, rye, barley, barley malt, low fat cocoa powder, salt (processing marker)), sunflower oil (processing marker), wheat flour, rye flour, wheat germ, coconut faes, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), honey (processing marker), salt (processing marker), ges use by (dd, mm, see top, leep refrigerated between 1°c and 6°cmax d and topper may not be sold separately 960)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E14XX Modified Starch , E330 Citric acid , E333 Calcium citrates , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins , E960 Steviol glycosides

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E960 Steviol glycosides.

As written on the pack

vanilla yogurt (88%): yogurt (milk), water, sugar (5.5%), natural flavouring, vanilla, acidity regulators (citric acid, calcium citrate), modified starch, stabilisers (pectin, guar gum), colouring (beta caroten, curcumin). cereal clusters (12%): oat flakes, sugar, cereal crispies (maize, rie, sugar, whole wheat flour, rye, barley, barley malt, low fat cocoa powder, salt), sunflower oil, wheat flour, rye flour, wheat germ, coconut faes, dextrose, honey, salt. may contain nuts, sesame, other cereals containing gluten, soy and ges use by (dd/mm): see top. leep refrigerated between 1°c and 6°cmax d and topper may not be sold separately 960

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.

E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

5 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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 32 vanilla yogurt

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 91% of the vanilla yogurt 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 32 vanilla yogurt, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060360502960, 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.