Is Brooklea Apricot Thick & Creamy Yogurt ultra-processed?

150g 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
Thickener
Modified starch
E410 Locust bean gum
E440 Pectins

14 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

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 80% (𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤), Sugar (processing marker), Apricot 6%, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Apricot Juice From Concentrate, Carrot Concentrate, Thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (Pectins (ultra-processing marker)), Locust Bean Gum (ultra-processing marker), Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid), Sodium Citrates, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E410 Locust bean gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Yogurt (80%) (𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤), Sugar, Apricot (6%), Modified Maize Starch, Apricot Juice From Concentrate, Carrot Concentrate, Thickeners: Pectins, Locust Bean Gum; Acidity Regulators: Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates; Flavouring.

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.

E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
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.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

2 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.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
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 1033rd. 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 4088600291857, 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.
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.