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Is Burn Energy Drink Original ultra-processed?

250 ml Sweetened beverages Sold in Sweden

Pack of Burn Energy Drink Original

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Kolsyrat vatten, socker, surhetsreglerande medel (e330, e331), taurin 0.4%, färgämne (e163, e150d), konserveringsmedel (e202, e211), koffein 0.03%, inositol 0.01%, vitaminer (niacin, pantotensyra, B6, B12), aromer, antioxidant (askorbinsyra), guaranaextrakt

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E163 Anthocyanins , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

Kolsyrat vatten, socker, surhetsreglerande medel (E330, E331), taurin (0.4%), färgämne (E163, E150d), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), koffein (0.03%), inositol (0.01%), vitaminer (niacin, pantotensyra, B6, B12), aromer, antioxidant (askorbinsyra), guaranaextrakt

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.

  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • E163 Anthocyanins 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 550 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 349th. 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 550 sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000112581423, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.