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Is Bang Energy Drink - Candy Apple Crisp ultra-processed?

500 ml Energy drinks Sold in Sweden

Pack of Bang Energy Drink - Candy Apple Crisp

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed energy drinks

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

Kolsyrat vatten, syra (äppelsya), grenade aminosyror (L-leucin, L-isoleucin, L-valin), aromer, glycin, surhetsreglerande medel (kaliumcitrater, dikaliumfosfat, magnesiumklorid, kalciumklorid), konserveringsmedel, kaliumsorbat, natriumbensoat, sötningsmedel (sukralos, acesulfam K), koffein (86), cyanokobalamin (B12)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E332 Potassium citrates , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E511 Magnesium chloride , E640 Glycine and its sodium salt , E640i Glycine , E641 Leucine , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Kolsyrat vatten, syra (äppelsya), grenade aminosyror (L-leucin, L-isoleucin, L-valin), aromer, glycin, surhetsreglerande medel (kaliumcitrater, dikaliumfosfat, magnesiumklorid, kalciumklorid), konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat, natriumbensoat, sötningsmedel (sukralos, acesulfam K), koffein (86), cyanokobalamin (B12)].

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.

  • E640 Glycine and its sodium salt A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E641 Leucine A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 278 energy drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 201st. 99% of the energy drinks 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 278 energy drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8720211191800, last edited 2 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.
  • 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.