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Is Müller Strawberry Shortcake deliciously creamy yogurt ultra-processed?

124 g Yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Müller Strawberry Shortcake deliciously creamy yogurt

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Yogurt, Sugar, Water, WHEAT Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cocoa Butter, MILK Powder, Modified Starch, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, WHEAT Starch, Flavourings, Glazing Agents (Acacia Gum), Shellac, Glucose Syrup, Whey Powder, Emulsifier (SOYA Lecithin), Salt, Stabiliser (Pectins), Colour (Carmines), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Müller, tf9 3sq, UK and Müller Dairy Ireland Ltd, 8th Floor, Block E Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, www.muller.co.uk 4 "0 C P L This lid isn' working ha

Additives: E120 Cochineal , E14XX Modified Starch , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E440 Pectins , E904 Shellac

As written on the pack

Yogurt (MILK), Sugar, Water, WHEAT Flour (Gluten) (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cocoa Butter, MILK Powder, Modified Starch, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, WHEAT Starch, Flavourings, Glazing Agents: Acacia Gum, Shellac; Glucose Syrup, Whey Powder (MILK), Emulsifier: SOYA Lecithin; Salt, Stabiliser: Pectins; Colour: Carmines; Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid. Allergy advice: see ingredients in BOLD. May also contain other cereals containing gluten, peanut, nuts, egg, mustard, Lupin, sesame. Müller, TF9 3SQ, UK or Müller Dairy Ireland Ltd. 8th Floor, Block E Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2. www.muller.co.uk 4 "0 C P L This lid isn' working ha

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.

  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
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  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
  • 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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,209 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1206th. 71% of the 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 1,209 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4025500277093, last edited 24 June 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.