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Is Alpro yoghurt ultra-processed?

4 x 125g Fruit soy yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Alpro yoghurt

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed soy milk 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

Soya base (Water, Hulled Soya beans 9.4%), Strawberry 8%, Sugar, Soluble corn fibre, Calcium (Tri-calciumcitrate), Natural flavourings, Carrot extract, Modified starch, Stabilisers (Pectins), Acidity regulators (Citric acid, Sodium citrates), Sea salt, Antioxidants (Tocopherol-rich extract, Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid), vitamins, vitamin B2, vitamin B12, vitamin D2, Yogurt cultures (streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus bulgaricus), lactobacillus acidophilus

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Soya base (Water, Hulled Soya beans (9.4%)), Strawberry (8%), Sugar, Soluble corn fibre, Calcium (Tri-calciumcitrate), Natural flavourings, Carrot extract, Modified starch, Stabilisers (Pectins), Acidity regulators (Citric acid, Sodium citrates), Sea salt, Antioxidants (Tocopherol-rich extract, Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid), Vitamins (B2, B12, D2), Yogurt cultures (S. thermophilus, L. bulgaricus), L. acidophilus.

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.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 fruit soy yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 100% of the fruit soy 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 15 fruit soy yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5411188137122, last edited 27 March 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.