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Is Friendly Farms Super Zero Blended Nonfat Greek Yogurt Vanilla ultra-processed?

4 Vanilla yogurt Sold in the United States

Pack of Friendly Farms Super Zero Blended Nonfat Greek Yogurt Vanilla

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed vanilla yogurt

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

culture pasteurized nonfat grade a milk, inulin, corn starch, natural flavors, pectin, steviol glycosides, malic acid, fruit juice concentrate (color), salt, contains the following live cultures (lactobacillus bulgaricus), streptococcus thermophilous, lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidus, lactobacillus casei

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E440 Pectins , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

culture pasteurized nonfat grade a milk,inulin,corn starch,natural flavors,pectin,steviol glycosides,malic acid, fruit juice concentrate (color), salt, contains the following live cultures: lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilous, lactobacillus acidophilus,bifidus, lactobacillus casei,

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.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • 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.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
  • Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 32 vanilla yogurt

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 91% of the vanilla yogurt 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 32 vanilla yogurt, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100060676, last edited 16 August 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.