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Is Fanta Dark Mystery Blood Orange ultra-processed?

1.5 L Orange soft drinks Sold in Sweden

Pack of Fanta Dark Mystery Blood 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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 9 additives

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, juice från koncentrat 3%, apelsin 2%, blodapelsin surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra, äppelsyra), konserveringsmedel, kaliumsorbat, naturlig apelsinarom med andra naturliga aromer, stabiliseringsmedel (akaciagummi, guarkärnmjöl, glycerolestrar av trähartser), sötningsmedel (acesulfame-K, aspartam), färgämne (kol)

Additives: E153 Vegetable carbon , E202 Potassium sorbate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E153 Vegetable carbon, Flavouring.

As written on the pack

Kolsyrat vatten, socker, 3% juice från koncentrat (apelsin 2%, blodapelsin surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra, äppelsyra), konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat, naturlig apelsinarom med andra naturliga aromer, stabiliseringsmedel (akaciagummi, guarkärnmjöl, glycerolestrar av trähartser), sötningsmedel (acesulfame-K, aspartam), färgämne (vegetabiliskt kol). Innehåller en källa till fenylalanin.

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.

  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
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  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

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 31st. 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 5000112642629, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.