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Is Don Simon Mango & Passionfruit Juice ultra-processed?

1.5l Fruit juices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Don Simon Mango & Passionfruit Juice

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
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit juices

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

Water, Mango Purée from Concentrate 6.5%, Passion Fruit Juice 3.5%, Sugar, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum, Carboximetilcellulose, Pectin), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener (Sucralose), Flavourings

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, Mango Purée from Concentrate 6,5%, Passion Fruit Juice from Concentrate 3,5%, Sugar, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum, Carboximetilcellulose and Pectin), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener: Sucralose, Flavourings

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 513 fruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 476th. 35% of the fruit juices 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 513 fruit juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8410261642383, last edited 6 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.