Strawberry original kefir cultured whole milk
by Lifeway
Scores 100/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with no flagged ingredients identified.
The verdict
Strawberry original kefir cultured whole milk by Lifeway scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Pasteurized Whole Milk, Cane Sugar, Strawberries; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- flagged ingredients of 15 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- A
- Nutri-Score nutrition grade
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
77123327 Β· Open Food Facts Β· July 2026
Strawberry original kefir cultured whole milk label screening desk
Strawberry original kefir cultured whole milk screens 100/100 with 0 flagged of 15 parsed ingredients. 1 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Pectin). Derived index from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data β not an official FDA rating; see methodology. Methodology Β· Read with nearest score peer: Cultured Lowfat Milk Smoothie (0 pts).
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps β a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.
Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger β fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction β outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Strawberry original kefir cultured whole milk scores 2.2 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.8/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Dairies products
Strawberry original kefir cultured whole milk lists 15 ingredients on its label
15 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% of the 21,438 products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0β2
- 120 products (1%)
- 2β4
- 2,801 products (13%)
- 4β6
- 4,714 products (22%)
- 6β8
- 2,694 products (13%)
- 8β10
- 1,997 products (9%)
- 10β12
- 1,879 products (9%)
- 12β14
- 1,735 products (8%)
- 14β16
- 1,640 products (8%)
- 16β18
- 1,263 products (6%)
- 18β20
- 840 products (4%)
- 20β22
- 486 products (2%)
- 22β24
- 303 products (1%)
- 24β26
- 227 products (1%)
- 26β28
- 152 products (1%)
- 28β30
- 122 products (1%)
- 30β32
- 115 products (1%)
- 32β34
- 80 products (0%)
- 34β36
- 58 products (0%)
- 36β38
- 45 products (0%)
- 38β40
- 33 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 134 products (1%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists Β· July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 21,438 Dairies products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Pasteurized whole milk, cane sugar, strawberries, strawberry juice, water, organic natural flavor, natural flavor, nonfat dry milk, pectin, guar gum, carrot juice concentrate (color), black currant juice concentrate (color), vitamin d3, live and active cultures.
Other products containing Black Currant Juice Concentrate
Black Currant Juice Concentrate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 49 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
More from Lifeway
Cross-brand products with similar screening profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Strawberry original kefir cultured whole milk, both outside the Lifeway brand so the neighborhoods are not catalog containment (the More-from block above stays brand-local).
Similar safety score
Nearest cross-brand products by ingredient screening score (100/100 here).
Similar ingredient-count peers
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (15 here).
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Product figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.
