Is Biotiful Gut Health Kefir Yoghurt - Cherry Flavour ultra-processed?

4x115g Kefir 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

18 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed kefir 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

Pasteurised Cow's Milk fermented with Live Kefir, Yogurt Cultures, Water, Fruit Extract (Apple, Carob, Grape), Cherry Puree 2.6%, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Stabiliser (Pectin (ultra-processing marker)), Lemon, Includes (Bifidobacterium), Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Pasteurised Cow's Milk fermented with Live Kefir and Yogurt Cultures, Water, Fruit Extract (Apple, Carob, Grape), Cherry Puree (2.6%), Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavouring, Stabiliser (Pectin), Lemon Concentrate. Includes: Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus.

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.

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 14 kefir yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 71% of the kefir 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 14 kefir yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060337223089, last edited 10 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.