Is Glaceau Vitaminwater ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Colour
- Flavouring
- Modified starch
- E414 Acacia gum
- E444 Sucrose acetate isobutyrate
- E452 Polyphosphates
- and 2 more
- 32 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
reverse osmosis water, less than 0.5% of (citric acid), potassium citrate, sodium hexametaphosphate (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid (vitamin C), alpha-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), gum arabic (ultra-processing marker), niacinamide (vitamin B3), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), acesulfame potassium (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), acacia, biotin, cyanocobalamin, calcium lactate, magnesium lactate, fruit, vegetable juice (color (ultra-processing marker)), modified food starch (ultra-processing marker), medium chain triglycerides, sucrose acetate isobutyrate (ultra-processing marker), glycerol ester of rosin, zinc picolinate
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E444 Sucrose acetate isobutyrate , E452 Polyphosphates , E452i Sodium polyphosphate , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
reverse osmosis water, less than 0.5% of: citric acid, potassium citrate, sodium hexametaphosphate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), alpha-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), gum arabic, niacinamide (vitamin B3), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), sucralose, acesulfame potassium, natural flavor, acacia, biotin, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), calcium lactate, magnesium lactate, fruit and vegetable juice (color), modified food starch, medium chain triglycerides, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, glycerol ester of rosin, zinc picolinate
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.
- E444 Sucrose acetate isobutyrate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
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- 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.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Among 548 sweetened beverages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 518th. 94% of the sweetened beverages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0786162004987, last edited 17 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.