Is Fanta zero sugar orange ultra-processed?

2 x 250 ml Orange soft drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E110 Sunset yellow FCF

7 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score B

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

eing colourant, sunset yellow (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid, bottled under authorityftret mater, citric acid, noon-mutrie smeeteners, acesulfame-k suoralose st tipical

Additives: E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

eing colourant (sunset yellow, ascorbic acid, bottled under authorityftret mater, citric acid, noon-mutrie smeeteners (acesulfame-k suoralose st tipical

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.

E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 orange soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 54491397, last edited 26 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.