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Is Benecol Blueberry yogurt drink ultra-processed?

405 g Yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

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
  • 2 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

yogurt 85% (skimmed milk, yogurt cultures), water, plant stanol ester (plant stanols 3%), blueberry 1.8%, sugar, lemon juice, stabiliser (pectin), flavouring, sweetener (sucralose), vitamin b1, vitamin b1 contributes to the normal function of the heart

Additives: E440 Pectins , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

yogurt (85%) (skimmed milk, yogurt cultures), water, plant stanol ester (plant stanols 3%) , blueberry puree (1.8%), sugar, lemon juice, stabiliser (pectin), flavouring, sweetener (sucralose), vitamin b1*. *vitamin b1 contributes to the normal function of the heart.

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.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,209 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 886th. 71% of the 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 1,209 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5055940100391, last edited 27 February 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.