Tonic water, from least to most processed

We track 24 tonic water, 75% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Slimline Tonic Water with Elderflower.

What makes tonic water ultra-processed

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

Processed food (6)

  1. 1 Slimline Tonic Water with Elderflower Schweppes NOVA group 3
  2. 2 CANN Cranberry Sage Cann NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Fever-Tree premium Indian tonic water Waitrose · 8 x 150 ml NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Fever tree Elderflower Tonic Fever-tree · 200ml NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Cucumber Lamb & Watt · 200 ml NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Grove 42 & Lemongrass Tonic Seedlip · 250 ml NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (18)

  1. 7 Mediterranean Tonic Water Fever-Tree · 8 x 150 ml NOVA group 4
  2. 8 Indian tonic water Fever-Tree · 500 ml NOVA group 4
  3. 9 Refreshingly Light Indian Tonic Water Fever-Tree · 8 x 150 ml NOVA group 4
  4. 10 Refreshlingy light - Ginger Ale Fever-Tree · 500 ml NOVA group 4
  5. 11 Spanish clementine tonic water Fever-Tree · 500 ml NOVA group 4
  6. 12 Rhubarb and raspberry tonic water Fever-Tree · 500 mL NOVA group 4
  7. 13 Original indian tonic water 6 x 150 ml NOVA group 4
  8. 14 Indian Tonic Water Joules · 150 NOVA group 4
  9. 15 Tonic water Aldi NOVA group 4
  10. 16 Lidl low calorie tonic water Freeway NOVA group 4
  11. 17 Low Calories Indian Tonic Water Vive NOVA group 4
  12. 18 Indian tonic water Essential Waitrose NOVA group 4
  13. 19 Indian tonic water Freeway NOVA group 4
  14. 20 Diet indian tonic water The co-operative · 1l NOVA group 4
  15. 21 Indian Tonic Water Tesco NOVA group 4
  16. 22 Light indian tonic water 150 ml NOVA group 4
  17. 23 Mor Diet Indian tonic water Morrisons NOVA group 4
  18. 24 Zambia Bing Cherry Antioxidant Infusion Water Bai · 1 NOVA group 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.