Is Glacéau Vitaminwater Zero Sugar Orange Rise ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- E102 Tartrazine
- E329 Magnesium lactate
- E414 Acacia gum
- E452 Polyphosphates
- E950 Acesulfame k
- and 1 more
- 30 ingredients
- 11 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed waters
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
reverse osmosis water, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), electrolytes (calcium, potassium phosphates, calcium, magnesium lactates (ultra-processing marker)), vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, beta-carotene, sucralose (ultra-processing marker), acesulfame potassium (ultra-processing marker), sodium hexametaphosphate (ultra-processing marker), calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate (processing marker), sodium hexametaphosphate (ultra-processing marker), gum acacia (ultra-processing marker), glycerol ester of rosin, yellow 5 (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E329 Magnesium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E414 Acacia gum , E452 Polyphosphates , E452i Sodium polyphosphate , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
reverse osmosis water, natural flavors, electrolytes (calcium and potassium phosphates and calcium and magnesium lactates), vitamins (A, C, E, B3, B5, B6, B12), beta-carotene, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, sodium hexametaphosphate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sodium hexametaphosphate, gum acacia, glycerol ester of rosin, yellow 5
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.
- E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.
Among 409 waters
From least to most processed, this one ranks 407th. 62% of the waters here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0786162003522, last edited 19 August 2025), 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.