Is Arizona diet green tee ultra-processed?

Iced teas Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E950 Acesulfame k
E955 Sucralose

9 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed iced teas

PURE LEAF Real Brewed Tea UNSWEETENED NO SUGAR Pure Leaf 2 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 1
Oi Ocha Unsweetened Green Tea Ito En 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Unsweetened Black Tea Gold Peak 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 1
Unsweetened black real brewed tea, unsweetened Pure Leaf 2 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 1

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Premium brewed green tea using filtered water, honey (processing marker), citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), acesulfame potassium (ultra-processing marker), ginseng

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Premium brewed green tea using filtered water, honey, citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural flavors, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, ginseng extract.

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.

E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 73 iced teas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 42nd. 84% of the iced teas 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 73 iced teas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0613008717810, last edited 30 November 2022), 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.