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Is Activ/Max Effervescent Tablets Orange Flavour Vitamin C ultra-processed?

20 Tablets Dietary supplements Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Activ/Max Effervescent Tablets Orange Flavour Vitamin C

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 7 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Acid (Citric Acid), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Carbonates), Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Bulking Agent (Sorbitols), Maize Starch, Flavourings, Sweetner (Sucralose), Beat Juice Powder (Maltodextrin, Beetroot Juice From Concentrate), Colour, Riboflavins

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Acid: Citric Acid: Acidity Regulator Sodium Carbonates; Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Bulking Agent: Sorbitols; Maize Starch, Flavourings, Sweetner: Sucralose; Beat Juice Powder (Maltodextrin, Beetroot Juice From Concentrate), Colour; Riboflavins.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Bulking agent Bulking agents are substances which contribute to the volume of a foodstuff without contributing significantly to its available energy value.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,145 dietary supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 884th. 90% of the dietary supplements here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 1,145 dietary supplements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459665871, last edited 19 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.