Is Marks & Spencer Kefir Milk Drink with live cultures ultra-processed?

500ml Kefir Sold in the United Kingdom and France

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

7 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Milk, Cultures (Bifidobacterium), Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus

As written on the pack

Pasteurised Milk - Cultures: Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus. For allergens see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians

Among 88 kefir

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 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 00336895, last edited 21 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.