Is Valio Vanilj Original Slät ultra-processed?

1000 g Flavoured yogurts Sold in Sweden and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Modified starch

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

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

mjölk, vatten, socker (processing marker) 5.2%, modifierad potatisstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), aromer (ultra-processing marker), vaniljextrakt, vanilj, stång, yoghurtkultur, Lactobacillus acidofilus, Bifidobacterium sp, vitamin D

As written on the pack

Högpastöriserad mjölk, vatten, socker 5,2 %, modifierad potatisstärkelse, aromer, vaniljextrakt, mald vanilj - stång, yoghurtkultur, Lactobacillus acidofilus, Bifidobacterium sp. , vitamin D.

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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 8 flavoured yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the flavoured 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 8 flavoured yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6408432088933, last edited 2 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.