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Is Club Orange ultra-processed?

500 ml Fruit sodas Sold in Ireland

Pack of Club Orange

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 9 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

Carbonated Water, Orange Fruit from Concentrate M6, Sugar, Acid (Citric Acid), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, fe Sodium Metabisulphite), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Aspartame), Natural Orange Rang with other Natural Flavourings, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Emulsifier, Acacia Gum Colours (Beta-Carotene, Beta-apo-8-carotenal), Contains a Source of Phenylalanine and CAUTION (pressurised container handle with care, open by hand)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) , E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Orange Fruit from Concentrate M6), Sugar, Acid (Citric Acid), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, fe Sodium Metabisulphite), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Aspartame), Natural Orange Rang with other Natural Flavourings, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Emulsifier (Acacia Gum Colours (Beta-Carotene, Beta-apo-8-carotenal). Contains a Source of Phenylalanine Suitable for vegetarians and vegans CAUTION: PRESSURISED CONTAINER HANDLE WITH CARE. OPEN BY HAND

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 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.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.
  • 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 84th. 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 5391521835604, last edited 28 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.