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Is Bai Zambia Bing Cherry ultra-processed?

18 fl oz Sodas Sold in the United States and Italy

Pack of Bai Zambia Bing Cherry

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sodas

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, malic acid, citric acid, cherry, blackberry, potassium citrate, sea salt, vegetable, fruit juice concentrates, ascorbic acid, natural flavors, caffeine, tea extract, stevia leaf extract, natural flavors, coffee fruit extract, monk fruit extract, natural flavor, zinc sulfate

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

filtered water, malic acid, citric acid, cherry and blackberry juice concentrates, potassium citrate, sea salt, vegetable and fruit juice concentrates, ascorbic acid, natural flavors, caffeine, tea extract, stevia leaf extract, 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.
  • 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.

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.

2 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 612 sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 338th. 94% of the sodas 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 612 sodas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0813694026672, last edited 31 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.
  • 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.