Is Coop Magnesium + C Päron ultra-processed?

500 ml Carbonated mineral waters Sold in Finland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Fructose
E131 Patent blue v
E290 Carbon dioxide

13 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed carbonated mineral waters

Carbonated Natural Mineral Water S. Pellegrino 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
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Eau Gaz sa Pellegrino 25 cl Sanpellegrino 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

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, fruktos (ultra-processing marker), koldioxid (ultra-processing marker), magnesiumklorid, naturliga aromer (ultra-processing marker), c-vitamin, suhetsreglerande medel (e330), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker)), safflor, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e131 (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E131 Patent blue v , E202 Potassium sorbate , E290 Carbon dioxide , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Vatten (Finland), fruktos, koldioxid, magnesiumklorid, naturliga aromer, c-vitamin, suhetsreglerande medel (E 330), konserveringsmedel (E 202), safflorextrakt, färgämne (E 131)

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.

E131 Patent blue v A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
E290 Carbon dioxide 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.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

2 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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 carbonated mineral waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 71% of the carbonated mineral 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 14 carbonated mineral waters, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6438460623424, last edited 11 June 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.