Is Marks & Spencer Greek Style Yogurts Unsweetened ultra-processed?

Greek-style yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E401 Sodium alginate
E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

13 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

Matières dont acides Did you know? Made with freshly churned cream giving all the taste of butter with only half the fat, ate, Glucides, Product of Northern Ireland, Fibre, Fibres ines 1.5g SC1534 Marks and Spencer plc PO Box 3339 less fat than CH99 9QS United Kingdom EEZING, For PO Box 13022 M&S, Ltd ep refrigerated ase and use Ravensdale ly before use, Milk) Butter e401, e476 2, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Dublin 2 Ireland 250ge TUB Recycle CLID Recycle UK, ni 209 m ec ⓡ 0263 573 s)

Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E573 Aluminium stearate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E401 Sodium alginate, E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate.

As written on the pack

Matières dont acides Did you know? Made with freshly churned cream giving all the taste of butter with only half the fat. ate/Glucides 1.5g, Product of Northern Ireland. 5g Fibre/Fibres ines 1.5g SC1534 Marks and Spencer plc PO Box 3339 less fat than CH99 9QS United Kingdom EEZING. For PO Box 13022 M&S (Ireland) Ltd ep refrigerated ase and use Ravensdale ly before use. Milk) Butter E401, E476 2. Colour: Dublin 2 Ireland 250ge TUB Recycle CLID Recycle UK (NI) NI 209 M EC Ⓡ 0263 573 S

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.

E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 greek-style yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 276th. 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 00051668, 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.