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Is Trader Joe's Goat Milk Kefir ultra-processed?

Kefir Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Goat Milk Kefir

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 11 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed kefir

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

pasteurized goat's milk, tapioca starch, live, active cultures (streptococcus thermophilus, 40 bifidobacterium lactis, lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus casei, lactobacillus rhamnosus, lactobacillus lactis, Value* lactobacillus bulgaricus)

As written on the pack

PASTEURIZED GOAT'S MILK, TAPIOCA STARCH, LIVE AND ACTIVE CULTURES 240mL) (STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS, 40 BIFIDOBACTERIUM LACTIS, LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS, L. CASEI, L.RHAMNOSUS, L. LACTIS, Value* L. BULGARICUS). 10%

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 88 kefir

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 63% of the kefir 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 88 kefir, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00622356, last edited 18 July 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.