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Is Brooklea Greek Style Light Coconut & Vanilla Yogurt ultra-processed?

4 x 125 g Greek-style yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Brooklea Greek Style Light Coconut & Vanilla Yogurt

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed greek-style 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 78%, water, modified maize starch, coconut 0.5%, gelatine, flavourings, sweetener (aspartame), stabiliser (pectins), acidity regulator (citric acid), vanilla pods, spec aldi 9 ather allergy advice, aldi po bc *contains naturally occurring sugars, mmw no artificial colours, preservatives, lid recycle sleeve recycle nutrition this pack contains 4 yogurts, pot don't recycl jod jə, typical values per 100g 248kj

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

yogurt (78%) (milk), water, modified maize starch, coconut powder (0,5%) (contains milk), gelatine, flavourings (contains milk), sweetener: aspartame, stabiliser: pectins, acidity regulator: citric acid, vanilla pods, spec aldi 9 ather allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, contains a source of phenylalanine, aldi po bc *contains naturally occurring sugars, mmw no artificial colours or preservatives, lid recycle sleeve recycle nutrition this pack contains 4 yogurts, pot don't recycl jod jə (125g) typical values per 100g 248kj/

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 greek-style yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 346th. 53% of the greek-style 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 359 greek-style yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600007281, last edited 26 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.