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Is Cabot yogurt ultra-processed?

2 lbs Greek-style yogurts Sold in the United States

Pack of Cabot 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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, milk, cream, milk protein concentrate, whey protein, live active yogurt cultures (acidophilus, bifidus, lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.1, vanilla bean flavoring, sugar, water, modified corn starch, natural flavors, vanilla bean, lemon juice concentrate, annatto (color), pectin, keep refrigerated, contains live, active cultures, please recycle gluten ⓡ grade a 3 ud c tota sa tra chole sodium total c dietar total incl protein 1 vitamin d calcium 279 iron omg potassium 22 vitamin a 180m kabe, v

Additives: E160b Annatto , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

yogurt [pasteurized milk, cream, milk protein concentrate, whey protein concentrate, live active yogurt cultures (acidophilus, bifidus, l. bulgaricus and s. thermophilus), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.1,vanilla bean flavoring [sugar, water, modified corn starch, natural flavors, vanilla bean seeds, lemon juice concentrate, annatto (color), pectin). contains milk. keep refrigerated. contains live & active cultures. please recycle gluten ⓡ grade a 3 ud c tota sa tra chole sodium total c dietar total incl protein 1 vitamin d calcium 279 iron omg potassium 22 vitamin a 180m kabe (v

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 greek-style yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 345th. 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 0078354319093, last edited 29 March 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.