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Is Carrick Glen - Dragonfruit and yuzu vitamin water ultra-processed?

500ml Vitamin waters Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Carrick Glen - Dragonfruit and yuzu vitamin water

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed waters

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

Spring Water, White Grape Juice from Concentrate 8%, Acid (Citric Acid), Stabiliser (Acacia Gum), Ceylon Tea Extract, Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates (Sweet Potato, Apple, Radish, Cherry, Carrot, Blackcurrant), Sweetener (Sucralose), Natural Flavourings, Niacinamide, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, vitamins, vitamin B1, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Zinc Sulphate

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Spring Water, 8% White Grape Juice from Concentrate, Acid: Citric Acid; Stabiliser: Acacia Gum; Ceylon Tea Extract, Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates (Sweet Potato, Apple, Radish, Cherry, Carrot, Blackcurrant), Sweetener: Sucralose; Natural Flavourings, Niacinamide, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid; Zinc Sulphate.

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.

  • 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.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 vitamin waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 94% of the vitamin waters 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 16 vitamin waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489421726, last edited 2 July 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.