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Is Graham's Stracciatella Yogurt ultra-processed?

200 g Yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Graham's Stracciatella 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
  • 5 additives

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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

Skimmed milk 90%, milk protein, skimmed milk powder, sugar water, glucose syrup, starch, natural vanilla flavouring, acidity regulator (citric acid), stabiliser (pectin), vanilla seeds, natural colour (paprika extract), natural flavouring, chocolate pieces, sugar, cocoa mass, fat reduced cocoa powder, cocoa butter, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Skimmed milk (90%), milk protein, skimmed milk powder, sugar water, glucose syrup, starch, natural vanilla flavouring, acidity regulator: citric acid, stabiliser: pectin, vanilla seeds, natural colour: paprika extract, natural flavouring, chocolate pieces (sugar, cocoa mass, fat reduced cocoa powder, cocoa butter, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin).

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
3 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,210 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1187th. 71% of the 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 1,210 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5025840006024, last edited 2 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.