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Is Danone Activia Cherry Fat Free Yogurt ultra-processed?

460g Fruit yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Danone Activia Cherry Fat Free 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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fruit 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, Cherry 10%, Modified maize starch, Stabilisers (Pectin, Carrageenan), Flavouring, Acidity regulator (Sodium aitrate), Colour (Anthocyanins), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralase), Vitamin D, Cultures (Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, LactococCus lactis, Bifidobacterium lactis (Bifidus ActiRegularis")), see ingredients underlined

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E407 Carrageenan , E440 Pectins , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

Fat free yogurt (Milk), Cherry (10%), Modified maize starch, Stabilisers (Pectin, Carrageenan), Flavouring, Acidity regulator (Sodium aitrate), Colour (Anthocyanins), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralase), Vitamin D, Cultures (Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, LactococCus lactis, Bifidobacterium lactis (Bifidus ActiRegularis")). For allergens, see ingredients underlined.

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.

  • E163 Anthocyanins 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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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.
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 247 fruit yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 235th. 89% of the fruit 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 247 fruit yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060360506180, last edited 17 July 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.