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Is Coca cola Fanta Zero Orange 8pk ultra-processed?

8 x 330 ml Diet beverages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coca cola Fanta Zero Orange 8pk

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
  • 9 additives

Less processed diet 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

Carbonated Water, Orange Juice From Concentrate, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Sweeteners, Cyclamates, Acesulfame-K, Sucralose, Stevial Glycosides From Stevia, Nechesperidine DC, Natural Orange Favouring With Other Natural Flavourings, Potassium Sorbate, Ascorbic Acid, Guar Gum, Carotenes

Additives: E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E950 Acesulfame k , E952 Cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Orange Juice From Concentrate (42), Acids Citric Acid. Malic Acid). Sweeteners Cyclamates, Acesulfame-K. Sucralose, Stevial Glycosides From Stevia. Nechesperidine DC). Natural Orange Favouring With Other Natural Flavourings, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate). Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Stabiliser (Guar Gum). Colour (Carotenes).

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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E952 Cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts Sweeteners are substances used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 136 diet beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 123rd. 97% of the diet 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 136 diet beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5449000151087, last edited 26 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.