Is Farmers Union Greek Style Probiotics Vanilla Yogurt ultra-processed?

130 g Greek-style yogurts Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Thickener
Modified starch
E14xx Modified Starch

22 ingredients
3 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

milk milk solids water sugar cream, thickener (ultra-processing marker), modified starch (ultra-processing marker), acidity regulators (citric acid, sodium citrate), "probiotic cultures (8 lactis (bb-12), yogurt cultures), streptococcus thermophilus &lactobacillus bulgaricus VANILLA BEAN SEED 0.01%, natural colour (ultra-processing marker) (carotene), 88-12 is a trademark of chr, hansen a, S MEDIA USED FOR PROPAGATION OF PROBIOTIC CULTURES DERIVED FROM COW'S MILK GELATINE and GLUTEN F GOODNESS OF CALUM NO ARTIFICIAL COU PRESERVATIVES and SWE PROBIOTIS BEST BEFORE此日期前最佳 (00日, MM月, Y1年), 02, 05, 24

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

MILK MILK SOLIDS WATER SUGAR CREAM (MILK), THICKENER (MODIFIED STARCH NATURAL FLAVOUR, ACIDITY REGULATORS (CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE), "PROBIOTIC CULTURES (MILK): 8 lactis (BB-12) YOGURT CULTURES (MILK):S THERMOPHILUS &L BULGARICUS VANILLA BEAN SEED (0.01%). NATURAL COLOUR (CAROTENE) CONTAINS MILK 88-12 IS A TRADEMARK OF CHR. HANSEN A/S MEDIA USED FOR PROPAGATION OF PROBIOTIC CULTURES DERIVED FROM COW'S MILK GELATINE AND GLUTEN F GOODNESS OF CALUM NO ARTIFICIAL COU PRESERVATIVES OR SWE PROBIOTIS BEST BEFORE此日期前最佳(00日/MM月/Y1年) 02/05/24

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.

E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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 359 greek-style yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 312th. 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 9300658408045, last edited 6 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.