Is Fever-Tree Rhubarb and raspberry tonic water ultra-processed?

500 mL Tonic water Sold in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Fructose

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tonic water

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

FRESHINGLY LIGHT SWEET RHUBARB and RASPBERRY TONIC WATE Sweet, British rhubarb blends perfectly with fruity raspberries Pairs perfectly with classic London dry gins for a fruity twist deliciously sweet and refreshing, low calorie mies on a G&T, and enjoy as a sophisticated soft drink, Flavoured carbonated soft drink GREDIENTS (Carbonated Spring Water), Fructose (ultra-processing marker) (fruit sugar), Acid Citric Hd Natural Rhubarb Flavouring and Natural Raspberry Flavouring with other Natural Flavourings including Natural Quinine, Natural Colouring (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

FRESHINGLY LIGHT SWEET RHUBARB & RASPBERRY TONIC WATE Sweet, British rhubarb blends perfectly with fruity raspberries Pairs perfectly with classic London dry gins for a fruity twist deliciously sweet & refreshing, low calorie mies on a G&T, or enjoy as a sophisticated soft drink. Flavoured carbonated soft drink GREDIENTS: Carbonated Spring Water, Fructose (fruit sugar), Acid Citric Hd Natural Rhubarb Flavouring and Natural Raspberry Flavouring with other Natural Flavourings including Natural Quinine, Natural Colouring

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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

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 24 tonic water

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 75% of the tonic water 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 24 tonic water, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060108453240, last edited 21 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.