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Is The Foodie Market (Aldi) Yogurt Coated Cranberries ultra-processed?

170 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Foodie Market (Aldi) Yogurt Coated Cranberries

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

yogurt coating 65% (Sugar, Palm Fat, Whey Powder, Rice Flour, Yogurt Powder, Glazing Agents (Gum Arabic), Shellac, Emulsifier (Lecithins (Sunflower))), cranberries 35% (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E414 Acacia gum , E904 Shellac

As written on the pack

YOGURT FLAVOURED COATING (65%) [Sugar, Palm Fat, Whey Powder (Milk), Rice Flour, Yogurt Powder (Milk), Glazing Agents: Gum Arabic, Shellac; Emulsifier: Lecithins (Sunflower)], SWEETENED DRIED CRANBERRIES (35%) (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil).

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600564388, 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.