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Is Bai Kula Watermelon ultra-processed?

18 fl oz Flavored waters Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Bai Kula Watermelon

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

filtered water, clarified watermelon juice concentrate, citric acid, potassium citrate, sea salt, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), tea extract, stevia leaf extract, malic acid vegetable juice concentrate (for color), natural flavors, coffee fruit extract, monk fruit extract, zinc sulfate

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

filtered water, clarified watermelon juice concentrate, citric acid, potassium citrate, sea salt, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), tea extract, stevia leaf extract, malic acid vegetable juice concentrate (for color), natural flavors, coffee fruit extract, monk fruit extract (natural flavor), zinc sulfate,

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.

  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 119 flavored waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 99th. 87% of the flavored waters 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 119 flavored waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0813694026696, last edited 13 August 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.
  • 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.