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Is Activia Probiotic Dailies ultra-processed?

Yogurts Sold in the United States

Pack of Activia Probiotic Dailies

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:

  • 56 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

grade a reduced fat milk, cane sugar, water, strawberry flavor (nutrition amount sening total fat 1.5% % daily value* amount, serving % daily value* contains less than 1% of acacia gum), modified food starch, vegetable juice (for color), natural flavors 4%, lemon juice concentrate, total carbohydrate 11g 5% dietary fiber <1g total sugars 10g incl 2%, added sugars facts 2% vitamin d3, live cultures, lactobacillus bulgaricus, lactobacillus lactis, streptococcus thermophilus, live and active probiotic b, lactis dn 173-010, cncm i-2494, blueberry ingredients 12% (cultured gradea saturated fat 1g 4 servings per container trans fat og cholesterol 5mg 2% serving size sh 1 bottle, reduced fat milk), cane sugar, water, contains less than 1% of acacia gum 6%, modified sodium 50mg 2% protein 3g on vit, d, calcium, iron omg, potas, food starch 4%, fruit, vegetable juice (for color), natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, vitamin d3, live cultures l, bulgaricus, l, lactis, s, thermophilus, live and active probiotic b, lactis dn 173-010, cncm i-2494, calories 70 *the % daily value (dv), tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, day is used for general nutrition advice, ous per serving ie, asy blueberry flavor (amount, serving % daily value* amount, serving % daily value)

Additives: E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

cultured grade a reduced fat milk, cane sugar, water, strawberry flavor: nutrition amount sening total fat 1,5g % daily value* amount/serving % daily value* contains less than 1% of acacia gum, modified food starch, vegetable juice (for color), 4% natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, 2% total carbohydrate 11g 5% dietary fiber &lt;1g total sugars 10g incl, 6g added sugars facts 2% vitamin d3, live cultures, l. bulgaricus (2), l. lactis, s. thermophilus, live and active probiotic b, lactis dn 173-010/cncm i-2494, 12% blueberry ingredients: cultured gradea saturated fat 1g 4 servings per container trans fat og cholesterol 5mg 2% serving size sh 1 bottle (93ml) reduced fat milk, cane sugar, water, 6% contains less than 1% of acacia gum, modified sodium 50mg 2% protein 3g on vit, d 1,6mcg 8% • calcium 130mg 10% • iron omg 0% • potas, 160mg 4% food starch, fruit , vegetable juice (for color), natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, vitamin d3, live cultures l, bulgaricus (2), l, lactis, s, thermophilus, live and active probiotic b, lactis dn 173-010/cncm i-2494, calories 70 *the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, ous per serving ie, asy blueberry flavor: amount/serving % daily value* amount/serving % daily value*

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.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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 1,210 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 856th. 71% of the 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 1,210 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0036632029560, last edited 29 September 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.