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Is Bodyarmor Powerade ultra-processed?

28 fl oz Sweetened beverages Sold in the United States

Pack of Bodyarmor Powerade

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sweetened beverages

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, pure cane sugar, coconut water, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate (electrolyte), vegetable juice (color), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), gum arabic, magnesium oxide (electrolyte), natural strawberry banana flavor with other natural flavors, calcium d-pantothenate (vitamin b5), niacinamide (vitamin b3), alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), ester gum, zinc oxide (electrolyte), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), vitamin a palmitate (vitamin a), folic acid (vitamin b9), beta-apo-8' carotenal (color), cyanocobalamin

Additives: E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) , E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin

As written on the pack

Filtered water, pure cane sugar, coconut water concentrate, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate (electrolyte), vegetable juice concentrate (color), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), gum arabic, magnesium oxide (electrolyte), natural strawberry banana flavor with other natural flavors, calcium d - pantothenate (vitamin b5), niacinamide (vitamin b3), alpha - tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), ester gum, zinc oxide (electrolyte), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), vitamin a palmitate (vitamin a), folic acid (vitamin b9), beta-apo-8' carotenal (color), cyanocobalamin (vitamin 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.

  • E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 548 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 344th. 94% of the 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 548 sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0858176002317, last edited 8 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.