Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Dairy By-Products

9 of the top 10 dairy by-products products sit in NOVA group 1 — the least processed end of the scale. The dairy by-products with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 54 dairy by-products with complete data.

  1. 1 Leche fresca sin lactosa proteína light 1 l

    Leche fresca sin lactosa proteína light 1 l

    Lala · 1 L
    a NOVA 1 44 kcal 3.4 g sugar 5.4 g protein 1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  2. 2 Strained Greek Yogurt Nonfat Plain

    Strained Greek Yogurt Nonfat Plain

    Lucerne Dairy Farms · 32 oz
    a NOVA 1 59 kcal 2.9 g sugar 9.4 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  3. 3 Greek plain yogurt

    Greek plain yogurt

    Lidl · 32 oz
    a NOVA 1 59 kcal 4.1 g sugar 10 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  4. 4 High Protein Reduced Sugar Whole Milk

    High Protein Reduced Sugar Whole Milk

    Food City · 64 fl oz
    a NOVA 1 67 kcal 3.3 g sugar 7.1 g protein 3.3 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  5. 5 Whole milk

    Whole milk

    bowl & basket · 1.89 L
    b NOVA 1 63 kcal 4.6 g sugar 3.3 g protein 3.3 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  6. 6 Milk

    Milk

    Good & Gather · 1.89 L
    b NOVA 1 71 kcal 5 g sugar 3.3 g protein 3.8 g fat

    Also: No additives

  7. 7 Yogurt Plain

    Yogurt Plain

    Simply Nature · 907 g
    c NOVA 1 123 kcal 9 g sugar 6 g protein 7 g fat

    Also: No additives

  8. 8 Sour Cream

    Sour Cream

    Good culture · 16 oz
    d NOVA 1 200 kcal 3.3 g sugar 3.3 g protein 16.7 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  9. 9 Organic unsalted butter

    Organic unsalted butter

    365 · 16 oz
    d NOVA 1 714 kcal 0 g sugar 0 g protein 78.6 g fat
  10. 10 Butter Unsalted

    Butter Unsalted

    Mainland
    e NOVA 2 740 kcal 1 g sugar 1 g protein 82.9 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published dairy by-products on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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