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Is Blue rasberry ultra-processed?

Artificially sweetened beverages Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Blue rasberry

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 8 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, apple juice from concentrate 12%, humectant (glycerol), acid (citric acid), natural raspberry, apple flavourings, sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame K), stabiliser (e466), thickener (locust bean gum), preservative (potassium sorbate), colour (e133), r, ml, rgy, en 0.0g uren lavon Eiweiß 25g Choking hazard, cap not suitable for young children, For best results avoid repeated re-freezing, Do not microwave pouch

Additives: E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E422 Glycerol , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, apple juice from concentrate (12%), humectant (glycerol), acid (citric acid), natural raspberry & apple flavourings, sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame K), stabiliser (E466), thickener (locust bean gum), preservative (potassium sorbate), colour (E133). r 100ml/ ml / rgy/ en 0.0g uren lavon Eiweiß 25g Choking hazard - cap not suitable for young children. For best results avoid repeated re-freezing. Do not microwave pouch.

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.

  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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 525 artificially sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 520th. 98% of the artificially sweetened beverages 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 525 artificially sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060193935485, last edited 25 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.