Is So Delicious vanilla coconut yogurt alternative ultra-processed?

24 oz Yogurts Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E410 Locust bean gum
E440 Pectins

15 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

coconut milk (filtered water, coconut cream), cane sugar (processing marker), rice starch (processing marker), contains 2% and less of, pectin (ultra-processing marker), calcium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, live cultures, vitamins, vitamin d2, vitamin b12

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E410 Locust bean gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

organic coconut milk (filtered water, organic coconut cream), organic, cane sugar, rice starch, contains 2% or less of: natural flavor, pectin, calcium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, locust bean gum, citric acid, live cultures, vitamin d2, vitamin b12,

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

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 1,209 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 700th. 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 0744473000319, last edited 30 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.