Is Pret The big apple bowel ultra-processed?

Yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Invert sugar

20 ingredients
No additives

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

Natural Yogurt, Apple 21%, Oats (Oats), Brown Sugar (processing marker), Golden Syrup (ultra-processing marker) (Partially Inverted Refiners Syrup), Dark Muscovado Sugar, Pumpkin Seeds, Ground Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia), Rapeseed Oil, Golden Linseed, Raisins (Raisins, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Concentrated Apple Juice, Buckwheat Flakes, Cinnamon, Salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Natural Yogurt (Milk), Apple (21%), Oats (Oats), Brown Sugar, Golden Syrup (Partially Inverted Refiners Syrup), Dark Muscovado Sugar, Pumpkin Seeds, Ground Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia), Rapeseed Oil, Golden Linseed, Raisins (Raisins, Sunflower Oil), Concentrated Apple Juice, Buckwheat Flakes, Ground Cinnamon, Salt

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

3 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,210 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 471st. 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 5059977011613, last edited 17 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.