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Is Choice Refreshing Strawberry ultra-processed?

750 ml/460 g Soy desserts Sold in Sweden

Pack of Choice Refreshing Strawberry

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed non-dairy desserts

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

Vatten, socker, jordgubbar 11%, glukos-fruktossirap, glukossirap, kokosfett, druvsocker, sojapulver 1.5%, pektin, fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl, karragenan, mono- och diglycerider av vegetabiliska fettsyror, aromer, salt, citronsyra, antocyaner, rödbetsjuice, kaliumsorbat

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E440a Pectin , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , mono- and diglycerides of vegetable fatty acids

As written on the pack

Vatten, socker, jordgubbar (11%), glukos-fruktossirap, glukossirap, kokosfett, druvsocker, SOJAPULVER (1,5%), stabiliseringsmedel (pektin, fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl, karragenan), emulgeringsmedel (mono - och diglycerider av vegetabiliska fettsyror), aromer, salt, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), färgämnen (antocyaner), rödbetsjuicekoncentrat, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat).

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.

  • 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
4 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 soy desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 100% of the soy desserts 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 12 soy desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8714100079249, last edited 8 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.