Is Ginger Ale ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 14 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Carbonated Water, Sugar (processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Acid (Citric Acid), Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Citrate), Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker)), Sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (Acesulfame K (ultra-processing marker)), Sucralose (ultra-processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
Carbonated Water, Sugar, Flavouring, Acid: Citric Acid; Acidity Regulator: Trisodium Citrate; Preservative: Potassium Sorbate, Sweeteners: Acesulfame K, Sucralose; Colour: Sulphite Ammonia Caramel.
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.
- E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00177580, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.