Yoplait Original Strawberry Yogurt — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Yoplait Original Strawberry Yogurt by Yoplait DUMP — score 20/90.

Yoplait Original reads wholesome but eats like dessert: sugar is the #2 ingredient, and there is a lot of it per cup. Real strawberries show up third, then modified corn starch, gelatin and carmine coloring do the heavy lifting. A milk base thickened and tinted into a sweet snack.

Why this verdict

• Sugar is the #2 ingredient - Yoplait Original is one of the highest-sugar mainstream yogurts
• Modified corn starch plus gelatin plus pectin is a multi-thickener stack built for dessert texture
• Colored with carmine - an added color signals a product engineered for eye appeal, not just nutrition
• Real strawberries are present but minor, sitting third behind milk and sugar

Ingredients (10)

• REDUCED FAT MILK (safe) — The real dairy base with cultures.
• Sugar (caution) — The sole sweetener; present in dessert quantities.
• strawberries (safe) — Real whole fruit at the center.
• Modified Corn Starch (caution) — Refined starch thickener; a processing signal.
• kosher gelatin (moderate) — Animal-derived gelling agent; makes it non-vegetarian.
• Natural flavor (moderate) — Undisclosed flavoring, typical of a formulated confection.
• Pectin (safe) — A natural fruit-derived gelling agent for the jelly.
• CARMINE COLOR (caution) — Insect-derived added color used to boost pink appearance.
• yogurt cultures (safe)
• Vitamins A acetate and D3 (safe) — Added fortification.