Does yogurt live up to its reputation for having high quality ingredients?  Kind of.  There are 5,881 different kinds of yogurt in WISEdata™ and  yogurt generally has better ingredients than the average of other foods.  But for a food category viewed as “healthy,” a lot of yogurts still have just an “okay” ingredient profile as the chart below highlights.

Highlights

unWISE:

• 20.5% of yogurt is ultra processed or super ultra processed

• 10.2% have seed oil

• 23.4% use emulsifiers

• 21.9% have artificial preservatives, or 40% more often than food averages

• 13.4% use artificial sweeteners, about 4x more often than food averages

• High allergens because of the dairy content

WISE:

• Low use of Banned/Unsafe ingredients (which is good) – only 3.8% of yogurts contain one of the 84 ingredients that are either banned or considered harmful. 

• High number pass the MAHA test (which is also good) – almost 75%

• Only 54% earn all natural test (just so-so)

  
  

  

Final thoughts 

Not all yogurt is created equal when it comes to ingredient quality. If you want to identify yogurts with high-quality ingredients and avoid those with questionable additives, the WISEcode app can help. For instance, 61% of yogurt is not ultra-processed, does not have seed oils, does not have  watch outs. but does have a clean label. Find out which ones with the WISEcode app and download the app for free on iOS or Google Play.