Is Carlsberg Sverige Original Pommac ultra-processed?

1,4 l Fruit sodas Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
E150a Plain caramel

11 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit sodas

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 (processing marker), syra (citronsyra), äppel, och hallonjuice från koncentrat, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (sockerkulör (ultra-processing marker)), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (natriumbensoat), naturliga aromämnen (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Kolsyrat vatten, socker, syra (citronsyra), äppel - och hallonjuice från koncentrat, färgämne (sockerkulör), konserveringsmedel (natriumbensoat), naturliga aromämnen.

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.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 99 fruit sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 91% of the fruit sodas 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 99 fruit sodas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310070701916, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.