Is Barrs Irn Bru 2ltr ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Carbonated water, sugar (processing marker), acid (citric acid), flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (including caffeine, ammonium ferric citrate, quinine), sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (aspartame (ultra-processing marker), acesulfame K (ultra-processing marker)), preservative (processing marker) (e211), colours (ultra-processing marker) (sunset yellow (ultra-processing marker), ponceau 4R (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E124 Ponceau 4r , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame
As written on the pack
Carbonated water, sugar, acid (citric acid), flavourings (including caffeine, ammonium ferric citrate & quinine), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame K), preservative (E211), colours (sunset yellow, ponceau 4R).
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.
- E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
- E124 Ponceau 4r Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
- E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
- 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.
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- Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
3 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 612 sodas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 567th. 94% of the sodas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 50107827, last edited 5 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.