Is Alpro yoghurt strawberry and banana ultra-processed?

4 x 125 g Fruit soy 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
E440 Pectins

29 ingredients
5 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 9.7%, sugar (processing marker), strawberry 6.6%, banana 2.4%, calcium (tri-calciumcitrate), stabiliser (pectins (ultra-processing marker)), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), cara extract, acidity regulators (citric acid, sodium citrates), sea salt (processing marker), antioxidants (tocopherol-rich extract, fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid), vitamins, vitamin b2, vitamin b12, vitamin c, vitamin d2, yogurt cultures (s, thermophilus, l, bulgaricus)

Additives: 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 (9,7%)], sugar, strawberry (6,6%), banana (2,4%), calcium (tri-calciumcitrate), stabiliser (pectins), natural flavourings, cara extract, acidity regulators (citric acid, sodium citrates), sea salt, antioxidants (tocopherol-rich extract, fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid), vitamins (b2, b12, c, d2], yogurt cultures (s, thermophilus, l, bulgaricus), may contain traces of nuts (no peanuts), free from dairy and gluten

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.

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.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
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 7th. 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 5411188133230, 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.