Is Trader Joe's Greek Yogurt Apricot Mango ultra-processed?

8 oz Greek-style 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:

Flavouring
Fruit juice concentrate
E440 Pectins

21 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed greek-style 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

Grade a pasteurized milk, cream, nonfat milk, fruit juice concentrates (ultra-processing marker) (pineapple, peach, apple, pear), water, apricots, mangoes, tapioca starch (processing marker), pectin (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, live, active cultures (streptococcus thermophilus), lactobacillus bulgaricus, lactobacillus acidophilus, cultured after pasteurization

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Grade a pasteurized milk, cream, nonfat milk, fruit juice concentrates (pineapple, peach, apple, pear), water, apricots, mangoes, tapioca starch, pectin, natural flavor, citric acid, live and active cultures: s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, cultured after pasteurization.

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.

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.

Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 greek-style yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 274th. 53% of the greek-style 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 359 greek-style yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00772914, last edited 26 February 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.