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Is Gatorlyte Electrolyte Beverage Mixed Berry ultra-processed?

20 fl oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Gatorlyte Electrolyte Beverage Mixed Berry

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, sugar, citric acid, salt, calcium lactate, natural flavor, potassium chloride, magnesium oxide, stevia leaf extract, modified food starch, glycerol ester of rosin, red 40, blue 1

Additives: E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E327 Calcium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

water, sugar, citric acid, salt, calcium lactate, natural flavor, potassium chloride, magnesium oxide, purified stevia leaf extract, modified food starch, glycerol ester of rosin, red 40, blue 1.

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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0052000050820, last edited 14 December 2025), 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.