Is Marks & Spencers Elsanta Strawberries & Cream ultra-processed?

150g Strawberry 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

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed fruit 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

Elsanta strawberries and cream yogurt INGREDIENTS Yogurt, Elsanta Strawberries 20%, nute Whipping Cream, Sugar (processing marker), Rice Starch (processing marker), Lemon Pl Juice Flavourings, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Anthocyanins C (from Black Carrots), Un)

As written on the pack

Elsanta strawberries and cream yogurt INGREDIENTS Yogurt (Milk) • Elsanta Strawberries (20%) • (nute Whipping Cream (Milk) (11%) • Sugar • Rice Starch • Lemon Pl Juice Flavourings • Colour: Anthocyanins C} (from Black Carrots). Un

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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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 24 strawberry yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 96% of the strawberry 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 24 strawberry yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00519007, 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.