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Is Carrick green Apple and elderflower flavoured Mineral Water ultra-processed?

1L Flavored sparkling waters Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Carrick green Apple and elderflower flavoured Mineral 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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Carbonated Natural Mineral Water, Apple Juice from Concentrate 2%, Acid (Citric acid), Natural Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates), Sweeteners (Sucralose), Acesulfame K

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated Natural Mineral Water, 2% Apple Juice from Concentrate, Acid: Citric acid; Natural Flavouring, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Citrates; Sweeteners: Sucralose, Acesulfame K.

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.

  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • 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 69 flavored sparkling waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 90% of the flavored sparkling 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 69 flavored sparkling waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489787747, last edited 26 March 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.