Is Festis Strawberry Lime ultra-processed?

50 cl Still fruit soft drinks Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E150b Caustic sulphite caramel

11 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed still fruit 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

Vatten, socker (processing marker), juice (äpple 4.5%, jordgubb 0.5%), från koncentrat, aromer (ultra-processing marker), citronsyra, e150b (ultra-processing marker), kaliumsorbat (processing marker), koncentrat av svartmorot

Additives: E150b Caustic sulphite caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate

As written on the pack

Vatten, socker, juice (äpple 4,5%, jordgubb 0,5%) från koncentrat, aromer, syra (citronsyra) färgämne (E150b), konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat), koncentrat av svartmorot.

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.

E150b Caustic sulphite caramel Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 still fruit soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 94% of the still fruit 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 still fruit soft drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310070000279, last edited 22 September 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.