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Is Arla Vanilla plant-based nordic oats ultra-processed?

Non-dairy yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Arla Vanilla plant-based nordic oats

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Water, oat 12%, sugar 6.2%, oat flour 3.8%, maize starch, rapeseed oil, salt, thickener (pectin), natural vanilla flavouring, lemon juice concentrate, vanilla pods, firming agent (calcium citrate), cultures (Streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus bulgaricus)

Additives: E333 Calcium citrates , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Water, oat* (12%), sugar* (6,2%), oat flour* (3,8%), maize starch*, rapeseed oil, salt, thickener: pectin, natural vanilla flavouring, lemon juice concentrate*, vanilla pods*, firming agent: calcium citrate, cultures (Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. Bulgaricus). *Organic.

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.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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 91 non-dairy yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 66th. 84% of the non-dairy 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 91 non-dairy yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5711953161537, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.