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Is Yoplait Light cherry ultra-processed?

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Pack of Yoplait Light cherry

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, modified corn starch, sugar, cherries, gelatin, citric acid, malic acid, natural and artificial flavor, tricalcium phosphate, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, red #40, vitamin a acetate, yogurt cultures (lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus acidophilus), blue #1, vitamin d3

Additives: E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Pasteurized grade a nonfat milk, modified corn starch, sugar, cherries, kosher gelatin, citric acid, malic acid, natural and artificial flavor, tricalcium phosphate, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, red #40, vitamin a acetate, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), blue #1, vitamin d3.

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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • 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 1158th. 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 0070470006536, last edited 26 February 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.