Low-fat yogurts
Great Value Lowfat yogurt
32 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains emulsifiers studied for gut effects
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 23
Great Value Lowfat yogurt scores 23 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Fructose: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
Better yogurt
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Lowfat Plain Yogurt Stonyfield Organic · 32 oz No added sugars · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 85 out of 100 , 62 points higher -
Lowfat Greek Yogurt Vanilla Chobani · 907 g No added sugars · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 68 out of 100 , 45 points higher -
Greek Lowfat Yogurt Plain Trader Joe's Not ultra-processed · No added sugars Score 100 out of 100 , 77 points higher -
Greek Vanilla lowfat yogurt True Goodness · 32 oz Not ultra-processed · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 79 out of 100 , 56 points higher -
Greek Yogurt Lowfat Plain Chobani · 32 oz Not ultra-processed · No added sugars Score 100 out of 100 , 77 points higher
The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
Lowfat yogurt
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Fructose minus 20 points
- Carrageenan minus 7.5 points
- Modified starch minus 1.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 1 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 5 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 6 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Added sugars 7.1 g / 100 g minus 3 points
100 − 77 = 23
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 84 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 0.9 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.4 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 16.9 g |
| Sugars | 14.7 g |
| Added sugars | 7.1 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 2.7 g |
| Salt | 0.1 g |
Serving: 0.667 cup (170 g)
Ingredients
- Cultured grade a low fat milk
- sugar (high concern)
- water
- fructose (high concern)
- peaches
- modified food starch
- modified corn starch
- kosher gelatin
- natural flavor
- carrageenan (moderate concern)
- annatto extract (for color)
- malic acid
- potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness)
- sodium citrate
- vitamin a palmitate
- vitamin d3. contains active yogurt cultures including l. acidophilus
Label text, as published
Cultured grade a low fat milk, sugar, water, fructose, peaches, modified food starch, contains less than 1% of modified corn starch, kosher gelatin, natural flavor, carrageenan, annatto extract (for color), malic acid, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), sodium citrate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3. contains active yogurt cultures including l. acidophilus.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“We found direct associations between the risk of type 2 diabetes and exposures to various food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods, in a large prospective cohort of French adults.”
doi.org
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Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
“carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80, induced low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in wild-type hosts and promoted robust colitis in mice predisposed to this disorder.”
doi.org
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Re-evaluation of carrageenan (E 407) and processed Eucheuma seaweed (E 407a) as food additives
“However, the Panel noted uncertainties as regards the chemistry, the exposure assessment and biological and toxicological data.”
doi.org
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Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1–142 (List of Classifications)
monographs.iarc.who.int
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“Relative to control subjects, CMC consumption modestly increased postprandial abdominal discomfort and perturbed gut microbiota composition in a way that reduced its diversity.”
doi.org
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“This study found positive associations between risk of CVD and intake of five individual and two groups of food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods.”
doi.org