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Is Fruit and barley ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, orange juice from concentrate 7%, orange comminute from concentrate 3%, Acids (Citric Acid), Malic Acid, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates), Barley Extract, Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate), Sodium Metabisulphite, Sweeteners (Acesulfame K), Sucralose, Colour (Carotenes), Flavourings, Stabiliser (Gum Arabic), Antioxidants (Ascorbic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Coconut Oil)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E414 Acacia gum , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, ORANGE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (7%), ORANGE COMMINUTE FROM CONCENTRATE (3%), Acids: Citric Acid, Malic Acid; Acidity Regulator: Sodium Citrates; Barley Extract, Preservatives: Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite; Sweeteners: Acesulfame K, Sucralose; Colour: Carotenes; Flavourings; Stabiliser Gum Arabic; Antioxidants: Ascorbic Acid; Vegetable Oil (Coconut Oil).

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.
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  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
3 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600399287, last edited 27 March 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.