Is Brisk Ice tea ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, high fructose corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, sodium polyphosphates (ultra-processing marker), black tea powder matural flavor, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate (processing marker), acesulfame potassium (ultra-processing marker), sucralose calcium disodium edta
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E452 Polyphosphates , E452i Sodium polyphosphate , E950 Acesulfame k
As written on the pack
WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATES, BLACK TEA POWDER MATURAL FLAVOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.
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.
- E452 Polyphosphates 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.
- E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
- 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.
Among 73 iced teas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 65th. 84% of the iced teas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01275900, last edited 6 September 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.