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Is Fanta Fruit Twist 500 Ml ultra-processed?

500 mL Fruit sodas Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Fanta Fruit Twist 500 Ml

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
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit sodas

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

carbonated water, sugar, fruit juices from concentrate 4.4% (orange 3.4% peach 0.5%, apple 0‚4z passion fruit 0‚12), vegetable, plant concentrates (carrot, safflower), citric acid, malie acid, sweeteners, acesulfame k, aspartamel, preservative (potassium sorbate), natural flavouring, stabilisers (glycerol esters of wood rosins guar gum)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

carbonated water, sugar, fruit juices from concentrate 4,4% (orange 3,4% peach 0,5%, apple 0,4z passion fruit 0,12), vegetable and plant concentrates (carrot, safflower), citric acid, malie acid, sweeteners (acesulfame k, aspartamel, preservative (potassium sorbate), natural flavouring, stabilisers (glycerol esters of wood rosins guar gum) contains a source of phenylalanine,

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.

  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • 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 99 fruit sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 91% of the fruit sodas 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 99 fruit sodas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 54493957, last edited 3 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.
  • 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.