Is Brown Cow Whole Milk Yogurt vanilla ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 6 ingredients
- 1 additive
Less processed yogurts
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
pasteurized whole milk, cane sugar (processing marker), maple syrup (processing marker), pectin (ultra-processing marker), natural vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
Cultured pasteurized whole milk, cane sugar, maple syrup, pectin, natural vanilla flavor, natural flavor.
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.
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.
- Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 1,209 yogurts
From least to most processed, this one ranks 602nd. 71% of the yogurts here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0088194340027, last edited 15 May 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.