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Is Brooklea Vanilla Yogurt ultra-processed?

450 g Yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Brooklea 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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

fat free yogurt 85%, Water, Sugar, Sugar Syrup (Sugar, Water), Modified Maize Starch, Plant Extracts (Carrot Concentrate), Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates, Pectin, Guar Gum, Flavouring, Ground Vanilla Pods, Calcium Citrates

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E333 Calcium citrates , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

FAT FREE YOGURT (85%) (Milk), Water, Sugar, Sugar Syrup (Sugar, Water), Modified Maize Starch, Plant Extracts (Carrot Concentrate), Acidity Regulators: Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates; Stabilisers: Pectin, Guar Gum; Flavouring, Ground Vanilla Pods, Firming Agent: Calcium Citrates

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • 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 1,210 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 956th. 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 4088600265957, last edited 9 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.