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Is Yakult ultra-processed?

65ml Yogurt drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Yakult

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed yogurt drinks

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

water, skimmed milk, sweetener (maltitol syrup, glucose-fructose syrup), thickner, polydextrose, flavourings, sweetener (sreviol glycosides from Stevia), vitamins, vitamin e, vitamin d

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E965 Maltitol , E965ii Maltitol syrup

As written on the pack

water, skimmed milk (reconstituted), sweetener (maltitol syrup, glucose-fructose syrup), thickner, polydextrose, flavourings, sweetener (sreviol glycosides from Stevia), vitamin e, 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.

  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 yogurt drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 94% of the yogurt drinks 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 67 yogurt drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8713108010834, last edited 24 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.