Is Fruit Shoot Apple & Blackcurrant Juice Drink ultra-processed?

275ml Fruit juices Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Sweetener
E950 Acesulfame k

15 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed fruit juices

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

Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate Apple 6%, Blackcurrant 2%, Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Carrot, Blueberry, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweeteners (ultra-processing marker), Acesulfame K (ultra-processing marker), Sucralose and

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate Apple 6%, Blackcurrant 2%), Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Flavourings, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Carrot and Blueberry Concentrate, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralose Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 514 fruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 455th. 35% of the fruit juices 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 514 fruit juices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 50412716, last edited 9 June 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.