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Is Asahi Super Dry ultra-processed?

330 ml Beers Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Asahi Super Dry

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 4 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed alcoholic beverages

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

water, barley malt, corn starch, hops

As written on the pack

water, barley malt , corn starch, hops

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Alcoholic beverages Products in the category "Alcoholic beverages" are at least group 3.
  • Beers Products in the category "Beers" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 96 beers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 23% of the beers 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 96 beers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8008440246004, last edited 18 April 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.