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Is Plain Silk Dairy-Free ultra-processed?

24 oz Yogurts Sold in the United States

Pack of Plain Silk Dairy-Free

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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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

soymilk (filtered water, soybeans), cane sugar, contains 2% and less of (corn starch), natural flavor, pectin, tricalcium phosphate, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, sea salt, live, active cultures, vitamins, vitamin d2, vitamin c ester, mixed tocopherols (to protect flavor)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

soymilk (filtered water, soybeans), cane sugar, contains 2% or less of: corn starch, natural flavor, pectin, tricalcium phosphate, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, sea salt, live and active cultures, vitamin d2, vitamin c ester, mixed tocopherols (to protect flavor),

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,210 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 702nd. 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 1,210 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025293003750, last edited 8 August 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.