Is Oikos Yogourt Lime ultra-processed?

650 g Fruit yogurts Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Modified starch
Fruit juice concentrate
E410 Locust bean gum

15 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score A

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

Yogurt (skim milk, active bacterial cultures), water, sugars (processing marker) (cane sugar, fruit juice concentrate (ultra-processing marker), turmeric), modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), lemon pulp, lime juice concentrate, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), sodium citrate, locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), malic acid

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E410 Locust bean gum

As written on the pack

Yogurt (skim milk, active bacterial cultures), water, sugars (cane sugar, fruit juice concentrate, turmeric), modified corn starch, lemon pulp, lime juice concentrate, natural flavor, sodium citrate, locust bean gum, malic acid.

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.

E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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 247 fruit yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 169th. 89% of the fruit 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 247 fruit yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0056800561135, last edited 9 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.