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Is Trader Joe's Vanilla & Cream Yogurt ultra-processed?

120g Cooked chicken breast slices Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Trader Joe's Vanilla & Cream Yogurt

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 31 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meats and their products

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

Chicken Breast 89%, Spices (Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chilli, Coriander, Cumin, Paprika, Smoked Paprika), Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Salt, Sugar, Cornflour, Red Peppers, Vinegar, Butter, Tapioca Starch, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Red Chilli Purée, Orange Peel, Chillies, Lemon Peel, Red Peppers, Lemon Zest, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Dried Oregano, Parsley, Bay, Sunflower Oil

As written on the pack

Cooked Chicken Breast (89%), Ground Spices (Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chilli, Coriander, Cumin, Paprika, Smoked Paprika), Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Salt, Sugar, Cornflour, Red Peppers, Vinegar, Butter (Milk), Tapioca Starch, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Red Chilli Purée, Orange Peel, Chillies, Lemon Peel, Dried Red Peppers, Lemon Zest, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Dried Oregano, Parsley, Bay, Sunflower Oil

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 53 cooked chicken breast slices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 85% of the cooked chicken breast slices 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 53 cooked chicken breast slices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00795067, last edited 4 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.