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Is Ginger kombocha ultra-processed?

4 x 250 ml Artificially sweetened beverages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Ginger kombocha

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

kombucha (filtered water, sencha green tea, raw cane sugar, live kombucha cultures), botanical extracts (ginger root, pepper, turmeric), natural flavouring, sweetener (steviol glycosides from stevia), B vitamins, niacin, vitamin B6, biotin, vitamin B12

Additives: E960a Steviol glycosides from Stevia

As written on the pack

KOMBUCHA (FILTERED WATER, SENCHA GREEN TEA, RAW CANE SUGAR*, LIVE KOMBUCHA CULTURES), BOTANICAL EXTRACTS (GINGER ROOT, PEPPER, TURMERIC), NATURAL FLAVOURING, SWEETENER: STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES FROM STEVIA, B VITAMINS (NIACIN, B6, BIOTIN, B12)

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.

  • 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.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 525 artificially sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 98% of the artificially sweetened beverages 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 525 artificially sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060587580161, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.