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Is Essentia hydration perfected water ultra-processed?

Waters Sold in the United States

Pack of Essentia hydration perfected water

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 6 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Purified water (by reverse osmosis), sodium bicarbonate, dipotassium phosphate, magnesium sulfate, calcium chlorideâ€

Additives: E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Purified water (by reverse osmosis), sodium bicarbonate, dipotassium phosphate, magnesium sulfate and calcium chlorideâ€

Among 409 waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 139th. 63% of the 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 409 waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0657227000506, last edited 2 February 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.