Is FAGE Total Yogurt with Strawberry ultra-processed?

Strawberry yogurts Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E415 Xanthan gum

18 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

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

Strained yogurt (pasteurized skimmed milk), live active yogurt cultures (lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidus, lactobacillus casei), strawberry fruit preparation 20% (strawberries), cane sugar (processing marker), water, corn starch (processing marker), contains 2% and less of (strawberry juice concentrate), lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Strained yogurt: pasteurized skimmed milk, live active yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus, bifidus, l. casei), strawberry fruit preparation (20%): strawberries, cane sugar, water, corn starch, contains 2% or less of: strawberry juice concentrate, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors, xanthan gum.

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 strawberry yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 96% of the strawberry 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 24 strawberry yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0689544081463, last edited 26 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.