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Is Vaalia Probiotic Kefir ultra-processed?

Plain yogurts Sold in Australia

Pack of Vaalia Probiotic Kefir

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 B

Less processed plain 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

Skim milk, milk, cream (from milk), dietary fibre (inulin), thickeners (corn starch, pectin), natural flavour, live cultures (incl, lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus GG, Kefir cultures), enzyme (lactase), As part of a varied and healthy diet, lgg®, BB-12® probiotics in Vaalia yoghurt at a daily intake of at least 1 billion CFU each can strengthen the immune system and improve bowel function in the general adult population, also with dietary fibre for regularity, For more information on recycling visit arl.org.au Tub Lid Foil Scrunch into Ball To enjoy Vaalia at its best refrigerated between C Questions? Comments Orlooking for great rete Call 1800 676 961 o www.vaalia.com.au Lactalis Australia Pty 35 Boundary Street South Brisbane QLD 40 Follow Us (00 Made in Australia from at least 96% Australian ing)

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Skim milk, milk solids, cream (from milk), dietary fibre (inulin), thickeners (corn starch, pectin), natural flavour, live cultures (incl. L. acidophilus, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus GG, Kefir cultures), enzyme (lactase). Contains milk. *As part of a varied and healthy diet, LGG® and BB-12® probiotics in Vaalia yoghurt at a daily intake of at least 1 billion CFU each can strengthen the immune system and improve bowel function in the general adult population; also with dietary fibre for regularity. For more information on recycling visit arl.org.au Tub Lid Foil Scrunch into Ball To enjoy Vaalia at its best refrigerated between C Questions? Comments Orlooking for great rete Call 1800 676 961 o www.vaalia.com.au Lactalis Australia Pty 35 Boundary Street South Brisbane QLD 40 Follow Us: 00 Made in Australia from at least 96% Australian ing

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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 86 plain yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 86th. 20% of the plain 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 86 plain yogurts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310036063537, last edited 12 March 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.