Lifeway, Lifeway Foods Inc. Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie

Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie by Lifeway, Lifeway Foods Inc. has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Desserts / Dairy desserts / Fermented dairy desserts / Yogurts

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Pasteurized cultured lowfat milk, nonfat milk, cane sugar, oat fiber, pectin, natural blueberry flavor, natural maple flavor, natural flavors, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.

Product Details

Barcode
0017077142328
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie sits ahead of 71% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie's 4.5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Kefir, cultured lowfat milk smoothie's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.