Avoid

Light Nonfat Yogurt

by Big Y

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0018894304609 · Big Y. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0018894304609 · Serving size 170g

The verdict

Light Nonfat Yogurt by Big Y scores 30/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 16 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 16-component label is layered, beginning with Cultured Pasteurized Grade A Nonfat Milk, Water, Food Starch-modified. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

30/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 16 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

30/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

94304609 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Light Nonfat Yogurt label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 30/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 16 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 42% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Amino energy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …304609 · July 2026

8 of 16 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 94304609 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Amino energy · Nearest score peer is Amino energy at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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

1. Light Nonfat Yogurt: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Light Nonfat Yogurt30/1002. Amino energy: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Amino energy30/1003. Meijer, rocky mist, diet soda, citrus: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Meijer, rocky mist, diet …30/1004. Diet Rocky Mist Soda: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Diet Rocky Mist Soda30/1005. Diet soda: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Diet soda30/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Light Nonfat Yogurt (30/100 on 16 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Light Nonfat Yogurt
30/100
Amino energy
30/100
Meijer, rocky mist, diet soda, citrus
30/100
Diet Rocky Mist Soda
30/100
Diet soda
30/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Light Nonfat Yogurt lists 16 ingredients on its label

16 58th percentile a longer ingredient list than 58% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 16 (58th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Full Ingredient List

CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A NONFAT MILK, WATER, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, FRUCTOSE, BLUEBERRIES, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN, PECTIN, SUCRALOSE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), ACESULFAME, POTASSIUM, BLUE 1, RED 40,

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Light Nonfat Yogurt

Neighbours outside Big Y in the same lower screening band as Light Nonfat Yogurt (30/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Big Y; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light Nonfat Yogurt's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 16-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Light Nonfat Yogurt's 4 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0018894304609: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.