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Is Arla Grekisk Yoghurt Citron ultra-processed?

1000g Low-fat yogurts Sold in Sweden

Pack of Arla Grekisk Yoghurt Citron

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed low-fat 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

Milk, water, lemon 3.2%, lime juice, corn starch, majsstärkelse, thickening agent (pectin), natural aroma, sweetener (aspartame), acidity regulator (citric acid, sodium citrate, calcium citrate), yogurt culture

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E333 Calcium citrates , E440 Pectins , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Milk, water, lemon 3.2%, lime juice, corn starch, majsstärkelse, thickening agent (pectin), natural aroma, sweetener (aspartame), acidity regulator (citric acid, sodium citrate, calcium citrate), yogurt culture

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.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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 42 low-fat yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 62% of the low-fat 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 42 low-fat yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4016241050588, last edited 26 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.