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Is Glacéau Tropical Citrus Energy Nutrient Enhanced Water ultra-processed?

20 fl oz Fruit-based beverages Sold in the United States

Pack of Glacéau Tropical Citrus Energy Nutrient Enhanced Water

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit-based beverages

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, vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 (ascorbic acid, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin), electrolytes (calcium, magnesium lactates, potassium phosphate), guarana seed extract, caffeine, cane sugar, citric acid, gum acacia, natural flavors, glycerol ester of rosin, beta-carotene (for color), stevia leaf extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E414 Acacia gum , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

reverse osmosis water, crystalline fructose, vitamins C, B3, B5, B6, B12 (ascorbic acid, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin), electrolytes (calcium and magnesium lactates and potassium phosphate), guarana seed extract, caffeine, cane sugar, citric acid, gum acacia, natural flavors, glycerol ester of rosin, beta-carotene (for color), stevia leaf extract

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.

  • 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.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • 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.
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 782 fruit-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 640th. 50% of the fruit-based 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 782 fruit-based beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0786162080004, last edited 31 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.