Is Valio Vanilj yoghurt ultra-processed?

Yogurts Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Thickener
Modified starch
E412 Guar gum

13 ingredients
1 additive
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%, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), guarkärnmjöl (ultra-processing marker)), aromer (ultra-processing marker) (bland annat naturlig vaniljarom), laktasenzym, yoghurtkultur, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium sp, och vitamin D

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Högpastöriserad mjölk, vatten, socker 5,2%, förtjockningsmedel (modifierad majsstärkelse, guarkärnmjöl), aromer (bl.a. naturlig vaniljarom), laktasenzym, yoghurtkultur, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium sp. och 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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
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.
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 1,210 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 843rd. 71% of the 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 1,210 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6408432102523, 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.