Is Arla Skyr Vanilla Fat Free Icelandic Style Yogurt ultra-processed?

450 g Vanilla yogurt Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Starch
Sugar

7 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed 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

skyr yogurt from skimmed milk 86%, water, sugar (processing marker), maize starch (processing marker), natural bourbon vanilla flavouring, lemon juice from concentrate, bourbon vanilla pods

As written on the pack

skyr yogurt from skimmed milk (86%), water, sugar, maize starch, natural bourbon vanilla flavouring, lemon juice from concentrate, bourbon vanilla pods

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 32 vanilla yogurt

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 91% of the vanilla yogurt 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 32 vanilla yogurt, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4016241040503, last edited 13 June 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.