Is Aldi Specially Selected Black Cherry Luxury Yogurt ultra-processed?

150 g Fruit yogurts 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:

Flavouring
Modified starch

13 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed fruit 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

yogurt, whipping cream, black cherries 13%, Sugar (processing marker), black cherry 4.5%, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates (Blackcurrant, Black Carrot), Acidity Regulators (Sodium Citrates), Citric Acid, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

YOGURT (MILK) (57%), WHIPPING CREAM (MILK) (15%), BLACK CHERRIES (13%), Sugar, BLACK CHERRY PUREE (4.5%), Modified Maize Starch, Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates (Blackcurrant, Black Carrot), Acidity Regulators: Sodium Citrates, Citric Acid; Flavourings.

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.

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 247 fruit yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 97th. 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 4088600027425, last edited 27 April 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.