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Is Trader Joe's Strawberry yogurt O's ultra-processed?

1 Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Strawberry yogurt O's

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

whole oat flour, flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, yogurt coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, whey powder, whole milk powder, yogurt powder (nonfat dry milk, lactic acid), titanium dioxide (white color), soy lecithin (an emulsifier), salt, natural vanilla flavor), wheat starch, strawberries, natural flavors, salt, calcium carbonate, sunflower oil, soy lecithin, sodium ascorbate, purple, black carrot concentrate (color), reduced iron, niacinamide (vitamin b3), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, folic acid

Additives: E171 Titanium dioxide , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

WHOLE OAT FLOUR, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, YOGURT COATING (SUGAR, FRACTIONATED PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY POWDER, WHOLE MILK POWDER, YOGURT POWDER [NONFAT DRY MILK, LACTIC ACID], TITANIUM DIOXIDE [WHITE COLOR], SOY LECITHIN [AN EMULSIFIER], SALT, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR), WHEAT STARCH, FREEZE-DRIED STRAWBERRIES, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM ASCORBATE, PURPLE/BLACK CARROT CONCENTRATE (COLOR), REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID

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.

  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1802nd. 60% of the breakfast cereals 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 1,869 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00861618, last edited 29 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.