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Is Co-Ro Sunqueen Apelsin ultra-processed?

700 ml Fruit-based beverages Sold in Sweden

Pack of Co-Ro Sunqueen Apelsin

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fruit-based beverages

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

Socker, apelsinsaft framställd av koncentrat 50%, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), smakämnen med mjölkbeståndsdelar, stabilisator (pektin, cellulosagummi, guargummi), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, sulfit), färgämnen (betakaroten, beta-apo-8'-karotenal)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E440a Pectin , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Socker, apelsinsaft framställd av koncentrat 50%, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), smakämnen med mjölkbeståndsdelar, stabilisator (pektin, cellulosagummi, guargummi), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra, sulfit), färgämnen (betakaroten, beta-apo-8'-karotenal).

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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 781 fruit-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 702nd. 50% of the fruit-based beverages 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 781 fruit-based beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5775345120304, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.