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Is Coop Orange ultra-processed?

1,5 l Orange soft drinks Sold in Sweden

Pack of Coop 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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed orange soft drinks

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

Kolsyrat vatten, socker, apelsinjuice från koncentrat 4.5%, surhetsreglerande medel (e330), antioxidationsmedel (e300), konserveringsmedel (e202), naturlig apelsinarom och andra naturliga aromer, stabiliseringsmedel (e410), färgämne (e160a, e160e)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) , E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: Flavouring.

As written on the pack

Kolsyrat vatten, socker, apelsinjuice från koncentrat 4.5%, surhetsreglerande medel (E 330), antioxidationsmedel (E 300), konserveringsmedel (E 202), naturlig apelsinarom och andra naturliga aromer, stabiliseringsmedel (E 410), färgämne (E 160a, E 160e).

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.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • 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.
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 31 orange soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 90% of the orange soft drinks 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 31 orange soft drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7300156504364, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.