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Fruit juice concentrates, from least to most processed

We track 12 fruit juice concentrates, 67% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Pineapple Juice from Concentrate.

What makes fruit juice concentrates ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of fruit juice concentrates that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (3)

  1. 1 Pineapple Juice from Concentrate Asda · 1L 1
  2. 2 Koncentrerad Äppel juice Ica · 2 dl 1
  3. 3 100% lemon juice Nature's Nectar 1

Processed food (1)

  1. 4 Citronjuice 200ml 3

Ultra-processed food (8)

  1. 5 Frukt- & Bärdryck Hallon Persika Kiviks Musteri · 2 dl 4
  2. 6 Vattenmelon och Hallon Lättdryck BOB · 1pcs 4
  3. 7 Lime cordial Sainsbury's 4
  4. 8 Barley Water Lemon Robinsons · 850 ml 4
  5. 9 Zero sugar mixed berry juice Ocean spray · 64 fl oz 4
  6. 10 Ribena Ribena · 1.5L 4
  7. 11 Orange Lemon and Pineapple Squash Sainsbury's 4
  8. 12 Fruit & Barley Summer Fruits Robinsons · 1 Litre 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.