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Is Glaceau Essential electrolyte enhanced water w vitamins ultra-processed?

20 fl oz 591 ml Waters Sold in the United States

Pack of Glaceau Essential electrolyte enhanced water w vitamins

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed waters

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

Reverse osmosis water, crystalline fructose, cane sugar, less than 0.5% of (citric acid), potassium phosphate, calcium lactate, magnesium lactate (electrolyte sources), natural flavors, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), gum acacia, vitamin b3 (niacinamide), vitamin e (alpha-tocopheryl acetate), vitamin b5 (calcium pantothenate), glycerol ester of rosin, vitamins, vitamin b6, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin b12, cyanocobalamin, beta-carotene, modified food starch, sorbitol

Additives: E329 Magnesium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E420 Sorbitol

As written on the pack

Reverse osmosis water, crystalline fructose, cane sugar, less than 0.5% of: citric acid, potassium phosphate and calcium lactate and magnesium lactate (electrolyte sources),natural flavors, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), gum acacia, vitamin b3 (niacinamide), vitamin e (alpha-tocopheryl acetate), vitamin b5 (calcium pantothenate), glycerol ester of rosin, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin), beta-carotene, modified food starch, sorbitol.

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.

  • E329 Magnesium lactate A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • 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.
2 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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 409 waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 383rd. 62% of the waters 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 409 waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0786162040008, last edited 19 August 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.