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Is Danone Actimel strawberry 0% added sugar 0% fat ultra-processed?

800 g Flavoured yogurt drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Danone Actimel strawberry 0% added sugar 0% fat

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
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed yogurt drinks

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, Water, Skimmed milk, Strawberry purée 2%, Modified tapioca starch, Stabiliser (pectin), Milk minerals concentrate, Natural flavourings, Acidity regulators (sodium citrate, citric acid), Sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame K), Lactobacillus casei (lactobacillus casei Danone®), vitamins, vitamin B6, vitamin D

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Yogurt (milk), Water, Skimmed milk, Strawberry purée 2%, Modified tapioca starch, Stabiliser (pectin), Milk minerals concentrate, Natural flavourings, Acidity regulators (sodium citrate, citric acid), Sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame K), Lactobacillus casei (L. casei Danone®), Vitamins (B6, D).

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 flavoured yogurt drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 100% of the flavoured yogurt drinks 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 10 flavoured yogurt drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060058332152, last edited 8 June 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.