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Is Brooklea Vanilla Protein Rice ultra-processed?

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Buttermilk, Whole Milk, rice 7%, Milk Protein, Cream, Simme Start, Sweeteners (Erythritol), Sucralose, Acesulfame K, Modified Tapioca Starch, Aud flower Of Plavouring, Acidity Regulators (Potassium Phosphates), Sodium Ctrates Ravouty Carrageenan, Salt, Vanilla Pod, Colour (Carotenes)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E340 Potassium phosphates , E407 Carrageenan , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose , E968 Erythritol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E407 Carrageenan.

As written on the pack

Buttermilk Concentrate, Whole Milk, RICE (7%), Concentrated Milk Protein, Cream (Milk), Simme Start, Sweeteners: Erythritol, Sucralose, Acesulfame K; Modified Tapioca Starch, Aud flower Of Plavouring, Acidity Regulators: Potassium Phosphates, Sodium Ctrates Ravouty Carrageenan, Salt, Vanilla Pod, Colour: Carotenes, ALLERGY ADVICE: For alleges yed below SC.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • E968 Erythritol Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,210 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1190th. 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 1,210 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061463865205, last edited 21 July 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.