Is Trader Joe's Organic Creamy Cashew Cultured Yogurt Alternative Vanilla Bean with coconut cream ultra-processed?

150 g 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
E410 Locust bean gum
E440 Pectins

18 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

cashew base (filtered water, cashews), cane sugar (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), pectin (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice concentrate, vanilla beans, coconut cream (coconut, water), live active cultures, streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus bulgaricus, lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidobacterium

Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

ORGANIC CASHEW BASE (FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC CASHEWS), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC TAPIOCA STARCH, ORGANIC LOCUST BEAN GUM, PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, ORGANIC LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, ORGANIC VANILLA BEANS, ORGANIC COCONUT CREAM (ORGANIC COCONUT, WATER), LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES (STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS, LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, BIFIDOBACTERIUM

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.

E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
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.

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.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,209 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 800th. 71% of the 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 1,209 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00643139, last edited 29 June 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.