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Is Tesco Yogurt Coated Strawberry Fruit Bites ultra-processed?

5 x 25 g Confectioneries Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Yogurt Coated Strawberry Fruit Bites

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Yogurt Coating 58% (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Whey Powder, Coconut Oil, Yogurt Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Sugar, Fructose Syrup, Strawberry Juice from Concentrate 5%, Strawberry Purée 4.5%, Apple Purée, Rice Flour, Glazing Agents (Acacia Gum, Shellac), Cherry Juice, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Flavouring, ✓ storage

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E440 Pectins , E904 Shellac

As written on the pack

Yogurt Flavoured Coating (58%) [Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Whey Powder (Milk), Coconut Oil, Yogurt Powder (Milk). Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)], Sugar, Fructose Syrup, Strawberry Juice from Concentrate (5%), Strawberry Purée (4.5%), Apple Purée, Rice Flour, Glazing Agents (Acacia Gum, Shellac), Cherry Juice from Concentrate, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Flavouring. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. ✓ Suitable for vegetarians STORAGE

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,732 confectioneries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1465th. 90% of the confectioneries 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 1,732 confectioneries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052109835194, last edited 27 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.