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Is Emergen-C Super Orange Flavored Fizzy Drink Mix ultra-processed?

9.1g Dietary supplements Sold in the United States

Pack of Emergen-C Super Orange Flavored Fizzy Drink Mix

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 8 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

fructose, maltodextrin, citric acid, malic acid, contains 4% of (acacia), beta-carotene (color), glycine, l-aspartic acid, natural flavors, orange juice (color (and flavor)), orange oil, sillicon dioxide, tartaric acid, tocopherols

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E296 Malic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E640 Glycine and its sodium salt , E640i Glycine

As written on the pack

fructose, maltodextrin, citric acid, malic acid, contains 4% of: acacia, beta-carotene (color), glycine, l-aspartic acid, natural flavors, orange juice concentrate (color and flavor), orange oil, sillicon dioxide, tartaric acid, tocopherols.

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.
  • E640 Glycine and its sodium salt A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,146 dietary supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 774th. 90% of the dietary supplements 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 1,146 dietary supplements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076314306466, last edited 19 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.