Is Gluco+ Lemony Zing ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 14 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Sugar (processing marker), "Glucose (ultra-processing marker) 2.6%, Apple Juice 1.5%, Acidity Regulators (e330, e331ii), Nature-Identical Flavouring Substances (ultra-processing marker), Iodized Salt (processing marker), Mineral, Preservative (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker)), Non-Caloric Sweetener (e960 (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331ii Disodium citrate , E960 Steviol glycosides
As written on the pack
Water, Refined Sugar, "Glucose (2.6%), Apple Juice Concentrate (1.5%) Acidity Regulators (INS 330, INS 331 (ii)), Nature-Identical Flavouring Substances, Iodized Salt, Mineral, Preservative (INS 202), Non-Caloric Sweetener (INS 960)
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.
- E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
- 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8903754303057, last edited 10 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.