Is Nancy's Organic Plain Lowfat Yogurt ultra-processed?

226 g Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Milk powder
Microbial culture

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

milk, nonfat dry milk (processing marker), live probiotic cultures (bifidobacterium lactis bb-12, lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5, lactobacillus casei (processing marker), lactobacillus rhamnosus LB3), live yogurt cultures (processing marker) (lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus)

As written on the pack

PASTEURIZED ORGANIC MILK, ORGANIC NONFAT DRY MILK, LIVE PROBIOTIC CULTURES (BIFIDOBACTERIUM LACTIS BB-12, L. ACIDOPHILUS LA-5, L. CASEI, L. RHAMNOSUS LB3), LIVE YOGURT CULTURES (L. BULGARICUS, S. THERMOPHILUS).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0043192106006, last edited 28 August 2025), 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.