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Is Milbona Icelandic Style Strawberry Skyr ultra-processed?

450g Skyrs Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Milbona Icelandic Style Strawberry Skyr

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed skyrs

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

Fat Free Yogurt, Water, Strawberries 7%, Modified Maize Starch, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Thickeners (Pectins), Xanthan Gum, Carrot Concentrate, Acidity Regulators (Calcium Lactate), Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring, Sweeteners (Aspartame), Acesulfame K

Additives: E327 Calcium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Fat Free Yogurt (Milk), Water, 7% Strawberries, Modified Maize Starch, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Thickeners: Pectins, Xanthan Gum; Carrot Concentrate, Acidity Regulators: Calcium Lactate, Citric Acid; Natural Flavouring (contains Milk), Sweeteners: Aspartame, Acesulfame K.

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.

  • E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • 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.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 skyrs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 67% of the skyrs 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 43 skyrs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489491224, last edited 5 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.