Is Onken Vanilla Yogurt ultra-processed?

Vanilla yogurt Sold in the United Kingdom and Switzerland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Thickener
Modified starch
E440 Pectins

20 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed vanilla yogurt

Skyr Vanilla Fat Free Icelandic Style Yogurt Arla 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
West country Luxury yogurt Marks & Spencer 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Greek Vanilla Bean Flavored With Other Natural Flavors Grade A Whole Milk Yogurt Simply Nature 17 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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 (pasteurised skimmed milk), water, sugar (processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice concentrate, natural bourbon vanilla flavouring, natural he flavouring, vanilla seeds, thickeners (ultra-processing marker), fruit pectin (ultra-processing marker), guar gum he safflower extract, lemon extract, carrot extract, vitamin d, contains live cultures (lactobacillus acidophilus, streptococcus thermophilus), vitom to the of di

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

yogurt (pasteurised skimmed milk), water, sugar, corn starch, modified corn starch, lemon juice concentrate, natural bourbon vanilla flavouring, natural he flavouring, vanilla seeds, thickeners (fruit pectin, guar gum he safflower extract, lemon extract, carrot extract, vitamin d, contains live cultures: lactobacillus acidophilus and streptococcus thermophilus, vitom to the of di

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.

E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
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.

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 32 vanilla yogurt

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 91% of the vanilla yogurt 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 32 vanilla yogurt, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7610900296682, last edited 13 April 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.