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Is Lidl Greek Whipped split spot yoghurt ultra-processed?

600g Yogurts Sold in Ireland

Pack of Lidl Greek Whipped split spot yoghurt

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Whipped full fat Greek style yogurt waste helping of salted caramel flavour sauce and a biscuit crumble Ingredients Greek Style Whipped Yogurt Walted Caramel Flavour Sauce (Water, Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Modified Maize Starch, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Sugar, Flavourings, Salt, Caramelised Sugar (Sugar, Water), Stabiliser (Pectins), Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Thickener (Locust Bean Gum)), Cream 13%, Biscuit Crumble 12%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Oat Flakes, Invert Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents (Ammonium Carbonates), Sodium Carbonates, Salt, Flavouring), Sugar, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Pork Gelatine, Flavouring, including Cereals containing Gluten, Storage tructions Keep refrigerated, Best before (see top of pack, Additional Information Produced in the UK using British milk, Multipack-not to be sold separately, Visit us at www.lidl.co.uk and www.lidlie, 120267 (6x100ge), 70603038)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Whipped full fat Greek style yogurt waste helping of salted caramel flavour sauce and a biscuit crumble Ingredients Greek Style Whipped Yogurt Walted Caramel Flavour Sauce (Water, Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Modified Maize Starch, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Sugar], Flavourings, Salt, Caramelised Sugar [Sugar, Water], Stabiliser: Pectins; Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid; Thickener: Locust Bean Gum), 13% Cream (Milk), 12% Biscuit Crumble (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Oat Flakes, Invert Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents: Ammonium Carbonates, Sodium Carbonates; Salt, Flavouring), Sugar, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Pork Gelatine, Flavouring (contains Milk). Allergy Advice For allergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Nuts. Storage tructions Keep refrigerated. Best before: see top of pack. Additional Information Produced in the UK using British milk. Multipack-not to be sold separately. Visit us at www.lidl.co.uk or www.lidlie. 120267 600g (6x100ge) 70603038-

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.

  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
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  • 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.

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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,209 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1199th. 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 1,209 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489898092, last edited 12 March 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.