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Is Lidl Greek Style Strawberry Kefir ultra-processed?

Kefir Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Greek Style Strawberry Kefir

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed kefir

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

kefir 7% strawberry preparation 20% concentrated strawberry juice 93%, frutose, sugar, modified manioc starch, citric acid, natural flavouring, preservatives (potassium sorbate), black carrot concentrate, sweetener (steviol glycoside from stevia)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E960a Steviol glycosides from Stevia

As written on the pack

93% kefir 7% strawberry preparation 20% concentrated strawberry juice, frutose, sugar, modified manioc starch, citric acid, natural flavouring, preservatives potassium sorbate, black carrot concentrate, sweetener steviol glycoside from stevia

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.
4 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 88 kefir

From least to most processed, this one ranks 84th. 63% of the kefir 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 88 kefir, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489264996, last edited 27 February 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.