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Is Biotiful Kefir Protein Cherry ultra-processed?

Kefir Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Biotiful Kefir Protein Cherry

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed kefir

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 and Quark Cultures, Sour Cherry 5.4%, Fruit Extract (Apple, Carob, Grape), Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavourings, Pectin, Lemon

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Pasteurised Cow's Milk fermented with Live Kefir and Quark Cultures, Sour Cherry Puree (5.4%), Fruit Extract (Apple, Carob, Grape), Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavourings, Stabiliser (Pectin), Lemon Concentrate.

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 88 kefir

From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 63% of the kefir 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 88 kefir, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060337222594, last edited 8 August 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.