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Is Yasso sea salt caramel frozen greek yogurt bars ultra-processed?

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Pack of Yasso sea salt caramel frozen greek yogurt bars

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Nonfat milk, greek yogurt (pasteurized nonfat milk, yogurt cultures), caramel swirl (invert sugar, water, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), sweetened condensed skim milk (skim milk, sugar), sugar, sea salt, corn starch, pectin, sodium bicarbonate, locust bean gum), sugar, caramel base (sugar, water, skim milk, brown sugar, butter (cream, salt), sea salt, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin), milk protein concentrate, maltodextrin, cream, locust bean gum, guar gum, fruit, vegetable juice (for color), soy lecithin, natural flavor

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Nonfat milk, greek yogurt (pasteurized nonfat milk, yogurt cultures), caramel swirl [invert sugar, water, sweetened condensed milk (condensed milk, sugar), sweetened condensed skim milk (condensed skim milk, sugar), sugar, sea salt, corn starch, pectin, sodium bicarbonate, locust bean gum], sugar, caramel base [sugar, water, condensed skim milk, brown sugar, butter (cream, salt), sea salt, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin], milk protein concentrate, maltodextrin, cream, locust bean gum, guar gum, fruit and vegetable juice (for color), soy lecithin, natural flavor.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
4 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 485 frozen desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 348th. 91% of the frozen desserts 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 485 frozen desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851035003241, last edited 4 September 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.