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Is Trader Joe's Low Fat Kefir Strawberry ultra-processed?

32 fl oz Kefir Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Low Fat Kefir Strawberry

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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 grade a cultured low fat milk, cane sugar, pectin, pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, natural strawberry flavor with other natural flavors, beetroot juice concentrate (color), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3, live active cult res (lactobacillus casei, lactobacillus lactis, lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus plantarum, rhamnosus, B, bacterium longum, leuconostoc cremoris, b.bacterium breve, streptococcus diacetylactis, saccaromyces florentinus, lactobacillus reuteri, bifidobacterium lactis), cultured after pasteurization

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

PASTEURIZED GRADE A CULTURED LOW FAT MILK, CANE SUGAR, PECTIN, PASTEURIZED GRADE A NONFAT MILK, NATURAL STRAWBERRY FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, BEETROOT JUICE CONCENTRATE (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3, LIVE ACTIVE CULT RES (L. CASEI, L. LACTIS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, L. PLANTARUM, RHAMNOSUS, B. BACTERIUM LONGUM, LEUCONOSTOC CREMORIS, B.BACTERIUM BREVE, STREPTOCOCCUS DIACETYLACTIS, SACCAROMYCES FLORENTINUS, L. REUTERI, B. LACTIS). 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 88 kefir

From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 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 00582353, last edited 12 May 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.