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Is Trader Joe's Organic Creamy Cashew Cultured Yogurt Alternative Plain Unsweetened ultra-processed?

24 oz Non-dairy yogurts Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Organic Creamy Cashew Cultured Yogurt Alternative Plain Unsweetened

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed non-dairy 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

water, cashews, coconut cream (coconut, water), tapioca starch, guar gum, pectin, agar, live active cultures (streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus 150 bulgaricus, lactobacillus acidophilus, % Daily Value 14% BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM, lactobacillus lactis, lactobacillus plantarum), coconut 18%

Additives: E406 Agar , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

WATER, ORGANIC CASHEWS, ORGANIC COCONUT CREAM (ORGANIC COCONUT, WATER), ORGANIC TAPIOCA STARCH, ORGANIC GUAR GUM, PECTIN, AGAR, LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES (STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS, LACTOBACILLUS 150 BULGARICUS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, % Daily Value 14% BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM, L. LACTIS, L. PLANTARUM). CONTAINS CASHEW, COCONUT 18%

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.

  • E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
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 91 non-dairy yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 84% of the non-dairy 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 91 non-dairy yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00723923, last edited 27 April 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.