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Is Silk Vanilla Dairy-Free Smooth & Creamy ultra-processed?

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Pack of Silk Vanilla Dairy-Free Smooth & Creamy

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, vanilla bean, lemon juice concentrate, live, active cultures, vitamins, vitamin d2, vitamin c ester, natural mixed tocopherols

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, vanilla bean, lemon juice concentrate, live and active cultures, vitamin d2, vitamin c ester, natural mixed tocopherols,

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,209 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 1,209 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025293002807, last edited 28 May 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.