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Is Activia Tropical pineapple ultra-processed?

Fruit yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Activia Tropical pineapple

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

fat free yogurt, pineapple 9%, modified maize starch, citric acid, sodium citrate, locust bean gum, flavouring, acesulfame k, sucralose, cultures (lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus, lactococcus lactis, bifidobacterium lactis (bifidus actiregularis®))

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E410 Locust bean gum , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

fat free yogurt (milk), pineapple (9%), modified maize starch, acidity regulators (citric acid, sodium citrate), thickener (locust bean gum), flavouring, sweeteners (acesulfame k, sucralose), cultures (lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus, lactococcus lactis, bifidobacterium lactis (bifidus actiregularis®)).

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.

  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • 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.
  • 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 247 fruit yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 205th. 89% of the fruit 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 247 fruit yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060360506814, last edited 9 August 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.