Is EQUINOX Raspberry & Elderflower ultra-processed?

Tea-based beverages Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Sugar

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tea-based beverages

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Sparkling Kombucha Crisp Apple & Floral Elderflower Deliciously Ella 5 ingredients · 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

Spring Water, Raw Cane Sugar (processing marker), Chun-Mee Green Tea, Elderflower, Raspberry Natural Flavour, Elderflower Ag Natural Flavour, Hibiscus, Raspberry Leaf, Nettle Leaf, Rosehip Kombucha Culture

As written on the pack

Spring Water, *Raw Cane Sugar, *Chun-Mee Green Tea, *Elderflower, Raspberry Natural Flavour, Elderflower Ag Natural Flavour, *Hibiscus, *Raspberry Leaf, *Nettle Leaf, *Rosehip *Kombucha Culture. *Organic ingredients.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 187 tea-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 70% of the tea-based 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 187 tea-based beverages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060452360027, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.