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Is Marks & Spencer M&S Super Fruity black cherry low fat live yoghurt ultra-processed?

Low-fat yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer M&S Super Fruity black cherry low fat live 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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Low Fat Yogurt, Black Cherries 20%, Sugar, Cherry Purée 3%, Rice Starch, Flavouring, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Colour (Anthocyanins (from Black Carrots)), Cultures (Bifidobacterium, Although extra care has been taken)

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Low Fat Yogurt (Milk) - Black Cherries (20%)-Sugar - Cherry Purée (3%) - Rice Starch - Flavouring - Concentrated Lemon Juice - Gelling Agent: Pectin (from Fruit) - Colour: Anthocyanins (from Black Carrots) - Cultures: Bifidobacterium. For allergens see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians Although extra care has been taken

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.

  • E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 42 low-fat yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 62% of the low-fat 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 42 low-fat yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00098953, 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.