Is Yoplait original strawberry banana ultra-processed?

32 oz Yogurts Sold in the United States

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
E120 Cochineal
E428 Gelatine

15 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

Pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar (processing marker), modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), contains 1% and less of (gelatin (ultra-processing marker)), citric acid, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, with carmine (ultra-processing marker), yogurt cultures (lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3

Additives: E120 Cochineal , E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

Pasteurized grade a low fat milk, sugar, modified corn starch. contains 1% or less of: kosher gelatin, citric acid, natural flavor, potassium sorbate added to maintain freshness, colored with carmine, yogurt cultures (l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, 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.

E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
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 1,209 yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 924th. 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 1,209 yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0070470290621, last edited 20 August 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.