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Drinking water, from least to most processed

We track 12 drinking water, 33% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is 100% Natural Spring Water.

What makes drinking water ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of drinking water that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (8)

  1. 1 100% Natural Spring Water Deer Park · 16.9 fl oz 1
  2. 2 Bottled Spring Water Ozarka · 500 ml 1
  3. 3 Pure Water Niagara · 500 ml 1
  4. 4 Spring Water White Rock · 500ml 1
  5. 5 Re:water still spring water 500ml Re:water · 500 ml 1
  6. 6 La Croix Black Raspberry La Croix 1
  7. 7 Purified Drinking Water with Flavor-Enhancing Minerals 40 Bottle Value Pack Great Value · 20 l 1
  8. 8 Life Wtr Life Wtr · 20oz 1

Ultra-processed food (4)

  1. 9 Lime Infused Sparkling Water Dash · 4 x 330 ml 4
  2. 10 Diet Indian Tonic Water with Lemon Marks & Spencer · 1l 4
  3. 11 Touch of Fruit Mango Passion Sugar Free Danone · 1.5L 4
  4. 12 Shala COCONUT Strawberry Bai · 18 fl oz 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.